Henning Makholm xcftools 1.0.4 flatten.c flattenIncrementally memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Henning Makholm xcftools 1.0.4. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is the function flattenIncrementally of the file flatten.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-2175. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Henning Makholm xcftools 1.0.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function flattenIncrementally of the file flatten.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 06/16/2009 by jorgen (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2175 since 06/23/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50520 (Fedora 12 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc12 (2010-17041)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51275), Tenable (50520), SecurityFocus (BID 43883†), OSVDB (55187†) and Secunia (SA35397†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 50520
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc12 (2010-17041)
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OpenVAS ID: 862545
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for gnome-xcf-thumbnailer FEDORA-2010-17004
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Researcher: jorgen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48725
X-Force: 51275
SecurityFocus: 43883 - Xcftools 'flattenIncrementally()' Function Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 35397 - xcftools "flattenIncrementally()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 55187 - xcftools flatten.c flattenIncrementally() Function Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 28152 - xcftools 1.0.4 Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Image, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-1638

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 20:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (67), 03/09/2017 08:08 (14), 08/11/2021 20:20 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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