VDB
GHSA-6h8h-vx9v-4g94
GHSA-6h8h-vx9v-4g94
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
Use-after-free vulnerability in the embedded GD library in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10959 url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01263.html url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01269.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00051.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00053.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34901 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35001 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35190 url
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-01.xml url
- http://wvware.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/wvware/libwmf2/src/extra/Makefile.am?hideattic=0&view=log url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:106 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34792 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-769-1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1364 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496864 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0457.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34964 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35025 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 url
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