# CVE-2016-4024: Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an ima

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-05-13 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an image, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap memory write operation.

## What to do

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## References

- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=7eba2e4c8ac0e20838947f10f29d0efe1add8227
- https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-12
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035573
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86073
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html

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