CVE-2024-36474

Public on 2024-10-03
Modified on 2024-10-07
Description
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) version v1.14.52. A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow when processing the directory from the file that allows for an out-of-bounds index to be used when reading and writing to an array. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libgsf 2024-11-01 ALAS2-2024-2681 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H