Vulnerability in Scribus

[ Description ]Official description

Scribus before 1.6.7 and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 contains an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the importsvm plugin that fails to verify bitmap and transparency mask dimensions match. Attackers can supply a crafted SVM file with mismatched mask dimensions to trigger heap reads and writes, causing crashes or code execution as the user.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/scribusproject/scribus
• github.com/scribusproject/scribus/commit/5a8f67c4207d6f729f23e4370b5846dadc81e8b4
• github.com/scribusproject/scribus/commit/c6aed467680d04e8ae8e0588579b095acdae40ef
• wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.7_Release
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/scribus-before-1.6.7-out-of-bounds-memory-access-via-svm-i…