#VU55310 Out-of-bounds read in Leptonica - CVE-2020-36281 

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#VU55310 Out-of-bounds read in Leptonica - CVE-2020-36281

Published: July 26, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55310
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-36281
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Leptonica
Software vendor:
DanBloomberg

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in pixFewColorsOctcubeQuantMixed in colorquant1.c. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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