Buffer overflow in imlib2 - CVE-2016-4024
Published: May 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32296
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4024
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 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.
Affected software
imlib2
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
imlib2 (Alpine package)
imlib2
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
imlib2 (Alpine package)
imlib2
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4024
Install update from vendor's website.
imlib2 - update to 1.4.9
imlib2 (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.4.7-r0, 1.4.7-r1
imlib2 - addressed in versions 1.4.9-1.fc22, 1.4.9-1.fc23, 1.4.9-1.fc24, 1.4.9-8.el7
imlib2 (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.4.7-r0, 1.4.7-r1
imlib2 - addressed in versions 1.4.9-1.fc22, 1.4.9-1.fc23, 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86073
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035573
- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=7eba2e4c8ac0e20838947f10f29d0efe1add8227
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-12
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/