CVE-2012-1175 (GCVE-0-2012-1175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:53
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Summary
Integer overflow in the GnashImage::size method in libbase/GnashImage.h in GNU Gnash 0.8.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnash.git/commit… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/47183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52446 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2435 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803443 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/48466 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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