Bug 2538592 (CVE-2026-48977)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-48977 openslide: OpenSlide: Arbitrary code execution via crafted Ventana BIF file | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in OpenSlide, a C library for reading whole slide image files. A remote attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the `parse_level0_xml()` function by providing a specially crafted Ventana BIF file with nonpositive row or column tile counts. This manipulation leads to attacker-controlled memory offsets, allowing arbitrary values to be written at those locations. Successful exploitation could result in a system crash or potentially enable arbitrary code execution.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2539346, 2539347 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-09-22 19:40:56 UTC
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