Vulnerability CVE-2019-17263


Published: 2019-10-06   Modified: 2019-10-07

Description:
** DISPUTED ** In libyal libfwsi before 20191006, libfwsi_extension_block_copy_from_byte_stream in libfwsi_extension_block.c has a heap-based buffer over-read because rejection of an unsupported size only considers values less than 6, even though values of 6 and 7 are also unsupported. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
libyal libfwsi Buffer Overread
Mishra Dhiraj
09.10.2019

Type:

CWE-125

(Out-of-bounds Read)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libfwsi project -> Libfwsi 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154774/libyal-libfwsi-Buffer-Overread.html
https://github.com/libyal/libfwsi/compare/20181227...20191006
https://github.com/libyal/libfwsi/issues/13

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