Description
Integer overflow in the wxImage::Create function in src/common/image.cpp in wxWidgets 2.8.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Published: 2009-07-08
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1890-1 New wxwidgets packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2365 Integer overflow in the wxImage::Create function in src/common/image.cpp in wxWidgets 2.8.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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Wxwidgets Wxwidgets
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:13.557Z

Reserved: 2009-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2369

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-08T15:30:01.420

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2369

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2369 - Bugzilla

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