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Debian: CVE-2019-15142: djvulibre -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-15142: djvulibre -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/18/2019
Created
09/04/2019
Added
09/03/2019
Modified
12/30/2021

Description

In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, DjVmDir.cpp in the DJVU reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash in GStringRep::strdup in libdjvu/GString.cpp caused by a heap-based buffer over-read) by crafting a DJVU file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-djvulibre

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