Integer overflow in AdvanceCOMP - CVE-2019-9210
Published: June 25, 2020 / Updated: November 23, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29250
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9210
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Andrea Mazzoleni
Affected software:
AdvanceCOMP
AdvanceCOMP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in png_compress() function in pngex.cc. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PNG file of an invalid size to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9210
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R56LVWC7KUNXFRKQB3Y5NX2YHFJKYZB4/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/277/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3936-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3936-2/
- https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/commit/fcf71a89265c78fc26243574dda3a872574a5c02