Out-of-bounds write in libmysofa - CVE-2019-16093

 

Out-of-bounds write in libmysofa - CVE-2019-16093

Published: September 8, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35531
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-2019-16093
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Christian Hoene
Affected software:
libmysofa

Detailed vulnerability description

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

Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has an invalid write in readOHDRHeaderMessageDataLayout in hdf/dataobject.c.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-16093

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources