[Secure-testing-team] Bug#537174: CVE-2009-2369: Integer overflow in the wxImage::Create function

Giuseppe Iuculano
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:54 -0000

Package: wxwidgets2.8
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

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Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for wxwidgets2.8.

CVE-2009-2369[0]:
| Integer overflow in the wxImage::Create function in
| src/common/image.cpp in wxWidgets 2.8.10 allows attackers to cause a
| denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
| crafted JPEG file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.  NOTE:
| the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are
| obtained solely from third party information.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2369
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-2369

Patch:
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/changeset/60875
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/changeset/60876
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/changeset/60897

Cheers,
Giuseppe

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