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Ksquirrel-libs 0.8.0 [Medium]

By Security Team • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Ksquirrel-libs 0.8.0 [Medium]

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the mt_codec::getHdrHead function in kernel/kls_hdr/fmt_codec_hdr.cpp in ksquirrel-libs 0.8.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE image (aka .hdr file).

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-5263
Severity: Medium

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Related OLEX Packages: ksquirrel-libs
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