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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-9011: libwmf security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-9011: libwmf security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/23/2017
Created
12/19/2019
Added
12/18/2019
Modified
12/18/2019

Description

The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-libwmf
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-libwmf-lite

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