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Tk GIF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28784
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Release Date:
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2008-02-06
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Popularity:
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9,597 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Tcl/Tk 8.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Tk, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing GIF images within the "ReadImage()" function in tkImgGIF.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted GIF image.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 8.5.1.
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