Stack-based buffer overflow in Anti-Grain geometry - CVE-2019-6245

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in Anti-Grain geometry - CVE-2019-6245

Published: June 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77547
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6245
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Anti-Grain
Affected software:
Anti-Grain geometry

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the agg::cell_aa::not_equal() function when drawing long lines. A remote attacker can trigger stack overflow and crash the application.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-6245

Install updates from vendor's website.

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