Secunia Security Advisory - Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Qtpfsgui, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Qtpfsgui "readRadianceHeader()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26387
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26387/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Qtpfsgui 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/15246/
DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Qtpfsgui, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"readRadianceHeader()" function in src/Fileformat/rgbeio.cpp, which
can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g.
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Radiance RGBE
(*.hdr) file.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.8.11. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted Radiance RGBE (*.hdr) files.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-68/
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