CVE-2016-10164 Information

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12 when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the number of extensions or (2) their concatenated length in a crafted XPM file which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3772 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/22/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95785 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXpm/commit/?id=d1167418f0fd02a27f617ec5afd6db053afbe185 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2016-December/058537.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-72

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8