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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2369: wxGTK: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2369: wxGTK: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/08/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the wxImage::Create function in src/common/image.cpp in wxWidgets 2.8.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-wxgtk

References

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