Heap-based buffer overflow in abcm2ps - CVE-2010-4743
Published: February 18, 2011 / Updated: December 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45314
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4743
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 a boundary error when processing data within the getarena function in abc2ps.c in abcm2ps before 5.9.13 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ABC file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the affected application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
abcm2ps
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4743
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577014
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054015.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054424.html
- http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-5.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43338
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0390
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600729