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medium 5.5

CVE-2016-9011 json

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 w…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9836

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libwmf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.8.4-10.6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9011

  • libwmf SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.2.12-243.3.1
  • libwmf SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 0.2.12-150000.4.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1

  • libwmf Arch Linux 0.2.8.4-14

arch linux advisories AVG-16

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9011 updated cvss 3.3

libwmf: Memory allocation failure in wmf_malloc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libwmf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libwmf, libwmf-lite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libwmf, libwmf-lite
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.