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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-20326: gThumb: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-20326: gThumb: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/16/2020
Created
08/10/2020
Added
08/10/2020
Modified
08/10/2020

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in _cairo_image_surface_create_from_jpeg() in extensions/cairo_io/cairo-image-surface-jpeg.c in GNOME gThumb before 3.8.3 and Linux Mint Pix before 2.4.5 allows attackers to cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-gthumb

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