CVE-2009-1364

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-04-27
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
496864: CVE-2009-1364 libwmf: embedded gd use-after-free error

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the embedded GD library in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1364 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (libwmf) RHSA-2009:0457 2009-04-30
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (libwmf) RHSA-2009:0457 2009-04-30

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team for responsibly reporting this flaw.

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