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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2660: CamlImages: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2660: CamlImages: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/04/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple integer overflows in CamlImages 2.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via images containing large width and height values that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, related to (1) crafted GIF files (gifread.c) and (2) crafted JPEG files (jpegread.c), a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2295.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-ml-camlimages

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