Double Free Affecting libwebp package, versions <0.5.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBWEBP-1551083
  • published23 May 2019
  • disclosed23 May 2019

Introduced: 23 May 2019

CVE-2016-9969  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libwebp to version 0.5.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwebp package and not the libwebp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libwebp 0.5.1, there is a double free bug in libwebpmux.