CVE-2009-1364

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

arch Arch Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
Fixed 0.2.8.4-14
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0.2.8.4-6.1
sid Fixed 0.2.8.4-6.1
forky Fixed 0.2.8.4-6.1
bullseye Fixed 0.2.8.4-6.1
bookworm Fixed 0.2.8.4-6.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.