Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in imlib2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
imlib2 Multiple Image File Processing Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22732
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22732/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
imlib2 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3880/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in imlib2, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
potentially compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the
processing of JPG, ARGB, PNG, LBM, PNM, TIFF, and TGA images. This
may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user
into opening a specially crafted image file with an application using
imlib2.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted images with an application using the library.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ubuntu credits M. Joonas Pihlaja
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-376-1
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