Buffer overflow in imlib2 - CVE-2016-4024

 

Buffer overflow in imlib2 - CVE-2016-4024

Published: May 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32296
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4024
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jakub Vrána
Affected software:
imlib2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an image, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap memory write operation.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-4024

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources