PT-2017-9925

CVE-2016-9011

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Published

2016-11-14

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Updated

2025-09-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libwmf version 0.2.8.4
Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by utilizing a crafted wmf file. This triggers a memory allocation failure in the wmf malloc function.
Recommendations For libwmf version 0.2.8.4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version may lead to a denial of service due to memory allocation failures when processing crafted wmf files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-2327
ALT-PU-2025-10401
ALT-PU-2025-11012
DLA-694-1
MGASA-2016-0376
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1516-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1
SUSE-SU-2022_1516-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1
SUSE-SU-2022_1560-1
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