CVE-2015-7217 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TGA image due to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Firefox TGA decoder.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-7217?

CVE-2015-7217 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 16 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The gdk-pixbuf configuration in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 on Linux GNOME platforms incorrectly enables the TGA decoder, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted Truevision TGA image.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7217?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7217?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-7217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-h7jv-gvww-75p5, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7217.

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