A vulnerability was found in OpenImageIO, where a heap buffer overflow exists in the src/gif.imageio/gifinput.cpp file. This flaw allows a remote attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the application, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and could cause a crash, leading to a denial of service.
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218380 | third party advisory issue tracking |
| https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/issues/3840 | exploit third party advisory |