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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2035-1 libpgf -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Dec 2019

Affected Packages:

libpgf

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-6673.

More information:

An issue has been found in libpgf, a library to handle Progressive Graphics File (PGF).

Due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize, a use-after-free issue might appear in Decoder.cpp

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 6.14.12-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpgf packages.

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