Buffer overflow in imlib2 - CVE-2016-3994
Published: May 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32293
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3994
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The GIF loader in imlib2 before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Affected software
imlib2
imlib2 (Alpine package)
imlib2
Fedora
imlib2 (Alpine package)
imlib2
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3994
Install update from vendor's website.
imlib2 - update to 1.4.9
imlib2 (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.7-r1
imlib2 - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1.fc22, 1.4.8-1.fc23, 1.4.8-1.fc24, 1.4.9-1.fc22, 1.4.9-1.fc24, 1.4.9-8.el7
imlib2 (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.7-r1
imlib2 - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1.fc22, 1.4.8-1.fc23, 1.4.8-1.fc24, 1.4.9-1.fc22, 1.4.9-1.fc24, 1.4.9-8.el7
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785369
- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=37a96801663b7b4cd3fbe56cc0eb8b6a17e766a8
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/