SB2016051309 - Buffer overflow in imlib2
Published: May 13, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016051309
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4024)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an image, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap memory write operation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86073
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035573
- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=7eba2e4c8ac0e20838947f10f29d0efe1add8227
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-12
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/