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Ubuntu 769-1: Critical Advisory for Libwmf Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Important Ubuntu Update USN-770-1 highlights a vulnerability in libgmp concerning integer overflow, which may lead to system crashes and potential remote code execution.
Tavis Ormandy discovered that libwmf incorrectly used memory after it had been freed when using its embedded GD library

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security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu memory issue libwmf

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libwmf vulnerability

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security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu memory issue libwmf

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