Out-of-bounds Read Affecting chneukirchen/netpbm-mirror package, versions [0,10.61)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHNEUKIRCHENNETPBMMIRROR-2369460
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-2579  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chneukirchen/netpbm-mirror to version 10.61 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in netpbm before 10.61. The expandCodeOntoStack() function has an insufficient code value check, so that a maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash or possibly allows code execution.

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