Bug 1422907 (CVE-2017-6010) - CVE-2017-6010 icoutils: Buffer overflow in the extract_icons function
Summary: CVE-2017-6010 icoutils: Buffer overflow in the extract_icons function
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-6010
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1422911 1430609 Engineering1430610 Engineering1430611
Blocks: Embargoed1411254
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Reported: 2017-02-16 14:22 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: icoutils 0.31.2
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A vulnerability was found in icoutils, in the icotool program. An attacker could create a crafted ICO or CUR file that, when read by icotool, could result in memory corruption leading to a crash or potential code execution.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:07:49 UTC

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Reporter writeup (12.57 KB, text/plain)
2017-02-16 14:25 UTC, Andrej Nemec 		no flags Details
fixes memory issue triggered by number overflow (1.45 KB, patch)
2017-02-22 10:20 UTC, Martin Gieseking 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:0837 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: icoutils security update 2017-03-23 05:04:55 UTC

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-16 14:22:26 UTC 
An issue was discovered in icoutils. A buffer overflow was observed in the "extract_icons" function in the "extract.c" sourcefile. This issue can be triggered by processing a corrupted ico file and will result in an icotool crash.
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-16 14:25:21 UTC 
Created attachment 1250878 [details]
Reporter writeup
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-16 14:26:53 UTC 
Created icoutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1422911]
Comment 3 Martin Gieseking 2017-02-22 10:20:38 UTC 
Created attachment 1256393 [details]
fixes memory issue triggered by number overflow

This patch should fix the issue.
Comment 4 Salvatore Bonaccorso 2017-02-26 20:28:35 UTC 
Hi Martin

Has this been forwarded to upstream?

Regards,
Salvatore
Comment 5 Martin Gieseking 2017-02-26 20:34:59 UTC 
Hi Salvatore, yes, I sent the patches to upstream but haven't received a reply yet.
Comment 7 Doran Moppert 2017-03-09 06:17:20 UTC 
Created icoutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1430609]
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-23 01:15:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0837 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
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