Out-of-bounds Read Affecting netsurf package, versions <3.2+dfsg-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NETSURF-1554550
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed18 Feb 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2015-7507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 netsurf to version 3.2+dfsg-3 or higher.

NVD Description

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

libnsbmp.c in Libnsbmp 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted color table to the (1) bmp_decode_rgb or (2) bmp_decode_rle function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1