>> Imager Library Image-Based Fill Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Imager Library Image-Based Fill Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1387 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1928
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-30
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Imager, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when using an image based fill on a large sample output image with a number of input channels that does not match the number of output, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system.
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