cute_headers cute_png 1.05 cute_png.h cp_unfilter heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in cute_headers cute_png 1.05. This vulnerability affects the function cp_unfilter in the library cute_png.h. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-46259. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in cute_headers cute_png 1.05. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function cp_unfilter in the library cute_png.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

cute_png v1.05 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the cp_unfilter() function at cute_png.h.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-46259 since 09/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

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• cute_headers

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• cute_png

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• 1.05

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