Out-of-bounds Read Affecting djvulibre package, versions <3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-DJVULIBRE-459922
  • published18 Aug 2019
  • disclosed18 Aug 2019

Introduced: 18 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 djvulibre to version 3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream djvulibre package and not the djvulibre package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

DjVuLibre 3.5.27 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack (application crash via an out-of-bounds read) by crafting a corrupted JB2 image file that is mishandled in JB2Dict::JB2Codec::get_direct_context in libdjvu/JB2Image.h because of a missing zero-bytes check in libdjvu/GBitmap.h.

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