Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gnome-tweaks package, versions <0:3.28.1-7.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GNOMETWEAKS-3716507
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Dec 2018

Introduced: 18 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 gnome-tweaks to version 0:3.28.1-7.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1766.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-tweaks package and not the gnome-tweaks package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.