Buffer overflow in libEMF - CVE-2020-11865
Published: September 8, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67133
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-2020-11865
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 EMF files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted EMF file to the application that is using the affected library, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
libEMF
openEuler
Fedora
libEMF
libEMF-devel
libEMF-debuginfo
libEMF-help
libEMF-debugsource
openEuler
Fedora
libEMF
libEMF-devel
libEMF-debuginfo
libEMF-help
libEMF-debugsource
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11865
Install updates from vendor's website.
libEMF - update to 1.0.12
libEMF - addressed in versions 1.0.12-1.fc30, 1.0.12-1.fc31
libEMF - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-devel - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-debuginfo - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-help - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-debugsource - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF - addressed in versions 1.0.12-1.fc30, 1.0.12-1.fc31
libEMF - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-devel - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-debuginfo - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-help - update to 1.0.13-1
libEMF-debugsource - update to 1.0.13-1