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Ubuntu: USN-2951-1 (CVE-2015-7801): OptiPNG vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2951-1 (CVE-2015-7801): OptiPNG vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/18/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in OptiPNG 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-optipng

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