SB2024012002 - Fedora 39 update for vips
Published: January 20, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024012002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40032)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing a malformed UTF-8 character inside an SVG files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted SVG file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.