CVE-2015-0848

Public on 2015-07-01
Modified on 2015-10-27
Description
It was discovered that libwmf did not correctly process certain WMF (Windows Metafiles) containing BMP images. By tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted WMF file in an application using libwmf, a remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 libwmf 2015-10-27 ALAS-2015-604 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2015-0848 Mitre: CVE-2015-0848