High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5087
CVE-2019-5087
Description
An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the flattenIncrementally function in the xcf2png and xcf2pnm binaries of xcftools 1.0.7. An integer overflow can occur while calculating the row's allocation size, that could be exploited to corrupt memory and eventually execute arbitrary code. In order to trigger this vulnerability, a victim would need to open a specially crafted XCF file.
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Affected products
2- xcftools/xcftoolsdescription
- Range: =1.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0879nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0879nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00014.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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