Imlib2
CVE-2024-25450
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Resource cleanup, leak prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could exhaust available memory leading to denial of service by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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imlib2 v1.9.1 was discovered to mishandle memory allocation in the function init_imlib_fonts(). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. imlib2 v1.9.1 was discovered to mishandle memory allocation in the function init_imlib_fonts(). Affected products include: Enlightenment Imlib2.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
imlib2 v1.9.1 was discovered to mishandle memory allocation in the function init_imlib_fonts().
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Attack Technique
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Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue in the imlib_free_image_and_decache function of imlib2 v1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a heap buffer overflow
An issue in the imlib_load_image_with_error_return function of imlib2 v1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a heap buffer ove
Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large
modules/loaders/loader_ico.c in imlib2 1.6.0 has an integer overflow (with resultant invalid memory allocations and out-
The GIF loader in imlib2 before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or obtain
imlib2 before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a GIF image without a
imlib2 before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) vi
imlib2 before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted GIF file. Ra
Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or appl
Off-by-one error in the __imlib_MergeUpdate function in lib/updates.c in imlib2 before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to
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