[Secure-testing-team] Bug#787644: libwmf: CVE-2015-0848: heap overflow when decoding BMP images

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libwmf
Version: 0.2.8.4-6
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Justification: user security hole

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libwmf.

CVE-2015-0848[0]:
heap overflow when decoding BMP images

See in particular as well Red Hat bugreport[1] which contains a
possible fix and as well another issue related to the RLE decoding[2].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0848
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227243
[2] https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=143332987713661&w=2

Regards,
Salvatore