oss-security - Re: CVE Request: imlib2

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:38 +0100
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: imlib2

Hi,
* P??nar Yanarda?? <pinar@...dus.org.tr> [2008-11-20 14:29]:
> ----
> *Description*:
> A vulnerability has been discovered in imlib2, which can be exploited by 
> malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to a pointer arithmetic error within the 
> "load()" function provided by the XPM loader. This can be exploited to cause a 
> heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted XPM file.
[...] 
Reference:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15

Cheers
Nico
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