A vulnerability was found in AFFLIB 2.2.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function in the library lib/s3.cpp. 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:

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in AFFLIB before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain command line parameters, which are used in (1) warn and (2) err calls in (a) lib/s3.cpp, (b) tools/afconvert.cpp, (c) tools/afcopy.cpp, (d) tools/afinfo.cpp, (e) aimage/aimage.cpp, (f) aimage/imager.cpp, and (g) tools/afxml.cpp. NOTE: the aimage.cpp vector (e) has since been recalled from the researcher s original advisory, since the code is not called in any version of AFFLIB.

The weakness was shared 04/30/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vsecurity.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-2054 since 04/16/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2.2.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (33969). The entry 36490 is related to this item.

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