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CVE-2019-9210

Publication date 27 February 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

In AdvanceCOMP 2.1, png_compress in pngex.cc in advpng has an integer overflow upon encountering an invalid PNG size, which results in an attempted memcpy to write into a buffer that is too small. (There is also a heap-based buffer over-read.)

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
advancecomp 19.04 disco
Fixed 2.1-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.20-1ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.18-1ubuntu0.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
advancecomp

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3936-1
    • AdvanceCOMP vulnerability
    • 4 April 2019
    • USN-3936-2
    • AdvanceCOMP vulnerability
    • 23 April 2019

Other references