Vulnerability CVE-2009-2175
Published: 2009-06-23   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Henning makholm -> Xcftools 

 References:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533361
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1638
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43883
http://secunia.com/advisories/35397
http://osvdb.org/55187
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html
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