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libwmf: pointer use-after-free flaw

Package(s):libwmf CVE #(s):CVE-2009-1364
Created:May 1, 2009 Updated:December 3, 2009
Description: From the Red Hat advisory: A pointer use-after-free flaw was found in the GD graphics library embedded in libwmf. An attacker could create a specially-crafted WMF file that would cause an application using libwmf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running the application when opened by a victim.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:106-1 2009-12-03
Gentoo 200907-01 2009-07-02
SuSE SUSE-SR:2009:011 2009-06-09
Fedora FEDORA-2009-5518 2009-05-27
Fedora FEDORA-2009-5524 2009-05-27
Fedora FEDORA-2009-5517 2009-05-27
Debian DSA-1796-1 2009-04-07
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:106 2009-05-05
Ubuntu USN-769-1 2009-05-04
CentOS CESA-2009:0457 2009-05-03
Red Hat RHSA-2009:0457-01 2009-04-30
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