Input validation error in libEMF - CVE-2020-11863

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67135

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11863

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted EMF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

libEMF
openEuler
Fedora
libEMF
libEMF-devel
libEMF-debuginfo
libEMF-help
libEMF-debugsource

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

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00036.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DFYDSKWFM2R5NKZOO2IN6X7SM3T2PWL/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/libemf/news/2020/05/re-release-of-libemf-1012/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in libEMF
• openEuler update for libEMF
• Fedora 31 update for libEMF
• Fedora 30 update for libEMF