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optipng -- arbitrary code execution via crafted BMP image

Description:

Secunia reports:

A vulnerability has been reported in OptiPNG, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the BMP reader and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

References:

Affects:

portaudit: optipng -- arbitrary code execution via crafted BMP image

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>