CVE-2016-9011

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Affected products

wvWare Libwmf: 0.2.8.4

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93860
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388450
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93860
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388450

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