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Unscored USN-3197-1 1 CVE

libgc vulnerability

Published Feb 15, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Kuang-che Wu discovered that multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities
existed in libgc. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of
service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libgc 1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libgc 1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-9427

    Integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (…

    libgc libgc Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9427