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ELSA-2015-1917 Important: Oracle Linux libwmf security update

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ELSA-2015-1917 Important: Oracle Linux libwmf security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/01/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/22/2015
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted "run-length count" in an image in a WMF file.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libwmf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libwmf-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libwmf-lite

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