{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:56Z","published":"2017-03-23T18:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-9011"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9011"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/18/9"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00015-libwmf-memalloc-wmf_malloc"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=842090;filename=libwmf-0.2.8.4-CVE-2016-9011-debian.patch;msg=10"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9011"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libwmf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libwmf@0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu2","0.2.8.4-10.4ubuntu1","0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1","binary_name":"libwmf-bin"},{"binary_version":"0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1","binary_name":"libwmf-dev"},{"binary_version":"0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1","binary_name":"libwmf0.2-7"},{"binary_version":"0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1","binary_name":"libwmf0.2-7-gtk"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}