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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-14637): sam2p vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-14637): sam2p vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2017
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

In sam2p 0.49.3, there is an invalid read of size 2 in the parse_rgb function in in_xpm.cpp. However, this can also cause a write to an illegal address.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-sam2p

References

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