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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0749: OptiPNG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0749: OptiPNG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/02/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFReadNextExtension function in lib/pngxtern/gif/gifread.c in OptiPNG 0.6.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF image that causes the realloc function to return a new pointer, which triggers memory corruption when the old pointer is accessed.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-optipng

References

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