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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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