Integer overflow in AdvanceCOMP - CVE-2019-9210

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Integer overflow in AdvanceCOMP - CVE-2019-9210

Published: June 25, 2020 / Updated: November 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29250
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9210
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

AdvanceCOMP
advancecomp (Alpine package)
advancecomp (Red Hat package)
advancecomp
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Fedora

How to mitigate CVE-2019-9210

Install update from vendor's website.

AdvanceCOMP - update to 2.3
advancecomp (Alpine package) - update to 2.1-r2
advancecomp (Red Hat package) - update to 1.15-22.el7
advancecomp - addressed in versions 2.1-9.fc29, 2.1-10.fc30

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