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Secunia Research 21/04/2010
- imlib2 "IMAGE_DIMENSIONS_OK()" Logic Error -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* imlib2 1.4.3
NOTE: Prior versions are not affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Imlib 2 is the successor to Imlib.".
Product Link:
http://enlightenment.org/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in imlib2, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using
the library.
The vulnerability is caused by a logic error within the
"IMAGE_DIMENSIONS_OK()" macro in src/lib/image.h. This can be
exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflows via e.g. specially
crafted ARGB, XPM, and BMP image files.
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5) Solution
Fixed in the SVN repository.
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6) Time Table
07/04/2010 - Vendor notified.
08/04/2010 - Vendor response.
21/04/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-0991 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-54/
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