USN-2670-1

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    USN-2670-1

    Published: 8 Jul 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libwmf vulnerabilities

    Details: Fernando Muñoz and Stefan Cornelius discovered that libwmf incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2670-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0848, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4588, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4695, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4696

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libwmf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High