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USN-2670-1: libwmf vulnerabilities

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USN-2670-1: libwmf vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/01/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/09/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwmf0-2-7

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