CWE
119
Advisory Published
Updated

REDHAT-BUG-1576111: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue May 08 2018(Updated: )

A flaw was found in libgxps through 0.3.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function ft_font_face_hash of gxps-fonts.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. References: <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - Heap Buffer Overflow in ft_font_face_hash of gxps-fonts.c" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1574844">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1574844</a> Patches: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgxps/commit/?id=b458226e162fe1ffe7acb4230c114a52ada5131b">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgxps/commit/?id=b458226e162fe1ffe7acb4230c114a52ada5131b</a> <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgxps/commit/?id=133fe2a96e020d4ca65c6f64fb28a404050ebbfd">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgxps/commit/?id=133fe2a96e020d4ca65c6f64fb28a404050ebbfd</a>

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
GNOME libgxps<=0.3.0

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