libwmf User-After-Free Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022154 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022154
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-1364
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 1 2009
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Version(s): 0.2.8.4
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in libwmf. A remote user may be able to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted WMF file that, when processed by the target application, will trigger a user-after-free memory error in the embedded GD library and potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target application.
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Impact:
A remote user can create a file that, when processed by the target application, may execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
[Editor's note: The upstream version source code has removed the vulnerable embedded CD library code and instead uses the GD graphics library package.]
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Vendor URL: wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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