What is CVE-2016-9043?

CVE-2016-9043 is a high-severity vulnerability in Corel Coreldraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-9043?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Corel Coreldraw

CVE-2016-9043

An out of bound write vulnerability exists in the EMF parsing functionality of CorelDRAW X8 (CdrGfx - Corel Graphics Engine (64-Bit) - 18.1.0.661). A specially crafted EMF file can cause a vulnerability resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can send the victim a specific EMF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Corel Coreldraw — versions X8 (CdrGfx - Corel Graphics Engine (64-Bit) - 18.1.0.661) - x64 version, x8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9043?: CVE-2016-9043 is a high-severity vulnerability in Corel Coreldraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-9043?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.