Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting mintty/mintty package, versions [,3.7.5)
Threat Intelligence
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- published17 Feb 2025
- disclosed11 Feb 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 11 Feb 2025
CVE-2025-1052 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mintty/mintty to version 3.7.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the parsing of sixel images. An attacker can execute code in the context of the current user by exploiting the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data before it is copied.