USN-6353-1

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    USN-6353-1

    Published: 7 Sept 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: plib vulnerability

    Details: Wooseok Kang discovered that PLIB did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted TGA file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using PLIB to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6353-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38714

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/plib?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.5-7ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.8.5-7

    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
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