CVE-2019-8383

Publication date 17 February 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. An invalid memory address occurs in the function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
advancecomp	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.20-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2019-8379

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
advancecomp	Upstream: 78a56b2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H