Eog: eye of gnome: buffer overrun when parsing malicious png files with non-standard iccp chunk
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- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Eye of GNOME, the default image viewer for the GNOME desktop, is affected. A specially crafted PNG image can cause it to read past the end of a memory buffer, which may crash the application or expose sensitive data from memory.
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A flaw was found in Eye of GNOME. When parsing a specially crafted PNG image containing malformed color profile metadata, the application fails to validate chunk boundaries while searching for a null terminator. An attacker could trick a user into opening a malicious image, causing the application to read past the allocated buffer. This issue can lead to an application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially expose sensitive memory contents.
Timeline
- CVE published
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- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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