CVE-2009-2175
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Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533361
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35397
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