An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
9 August 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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