CVE-2015-6673
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Decoder.cpp in libpgf before 6.15.32.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.14.12-3.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.14.12-3.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.14.12-3.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.14.12-3.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.14.12-3.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libpgf | libpgf | {"endIncluding":"6.14.12"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251749
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00017.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6673/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/147/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/148/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/libpgf/INSTALL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4554-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6673
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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