CVE-2019-9210

Public Exploit

Description

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.)

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.33%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html third party advisory mailing list
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/277/ third party advisory exploit
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R56LVWC7KUNXFRKQB3Y5NX2YHFJKYZB4/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3936-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3936-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9210?
CVE-2019-9210 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9210?
To fix CVE-2019-9210, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-9210 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9210 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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