#VU21748 Memory leak in libvips - CVE-2019-6976
Published: October 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21748
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6976
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libvips
libvips
Software vendor:
libvips
libvips
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the iofuncs/memory.c file in libvips library due to application does not zero out allocated memory when when processing corrupted input image data. A remote attacker can pass to the application a corrupted data and leak raw process memory contents through the output image.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.