Out-of-bounds read in libwmf - CVE-2015-4695
Published: May 2, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12351
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4695
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the DecodeImage function due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash via a specially crafted WMF file.
Affected software
libwmf
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora
libwmf
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora
libwmf
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4695
Install update from vendor's website.
libwmf - addressed in versions 0.2.8.4-45.fc21, 0.2.8.4-45.fc22