KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow

KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow KDE fails to properly validate input when handling PCX images, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. KDE 2005-04-22 2005-04-22 88862 remote 3.2.3-r9 3.3.2-r8 3.3.2-r8

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. kimgio is the KDE image handler provided by kdelibs.

kimgio fails to properly validate input when handling PCX files.

By enticing a user to load a specially-crafted PCX image in a KDE application, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs

CAN-2005-1046 KDE Security Advisory: kimgio input validation errors jaervosz jaervosz