Heap-based buffer overflow in DjVuLibre - CVE-2019-15142

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Heap-based buffer overflow in DjVuLibre - CVE-2019-15142

Published: September 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21450
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15142
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing DJVU files in DjVmDir.cpp in DjVuLibre. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted DJVU, trick the victim into opening it, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application using the affected library.


Affected software

DjVuLibre
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
openEuler
djvulibre (Debian package)
djvulibre (Ubuntu package)
djvulibre
mingw-djvulibre
djvulibre-debugsource
djvulibre-debuginfo
djvulibre-devel
djvulibre-help

How to mitigate CVE-2019-15142

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

djvulibre (Debian package) - addressed in versions 3.5.27.1-10+deb10u1, 3.5.28-2
djvulibre (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1, 3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.1, 3.5.27.1-10ubuntu0.1, 3.5.27.1-13ubuntu0.1
djvulibre - addressed in versions 3.5.25.3-18.el6, 3.5.25.3-18.el7, 3.5.27-14.fc29, 3.5.27-15.fc30, 3.5.27-16.fc31
mingw-djvulibre - addressed in versions 3.5.27-7.fc30, 3.5.27-7.fc31
djvulibre-debugsource - update to 3.5.27-15
djvulibre-debuginfo - update to 3.5.27-15
djvulibre-devel - update to 3.5.27-15
djvulibre-help - update to 3.5.27-15
djvulibre - update to 3.5.27-15

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