A vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG 0.7/0.7.1645 (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function dwg_decode_eed_data of the file decode.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2019. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9770 since 03/14/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-131726, VDB-131725, VDB-131724 and VDB-131723 are pretty similar.

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• Image Processing Software

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• GNU

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• LibreDWG

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• 0.7
• 0.7.1645

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• open-source

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