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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU LibreDWG 0.12.5. The affected element is the function bit_read_RC of the file bits.c. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-25222. There is not any exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU LibreDWG 0.12.5 (Image Processing Software). Affected is the function bit_read_RC of the file bits.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG v0.12.5 via the bit_read_RC function at bits.c.

The weakness was released 03/01/2023 as 615. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-25222 since 02/06/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-29185). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Image Processing Software

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• GNU

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• LibreDWG

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• 0.12.5

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/

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