CVE-2024-42415

Publication date 3 October 2024

Last updated 21 October 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgsf	24.10 oracular	Fixed 1.14.52-1ubuntu0.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1.14.51-2ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.14.47-1ubuntu0.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.14.46-1ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

Notes

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same fix as CVE-2024-36474

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libgsf	Upstream: 06d0cb9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H