The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1 advisory.

  - The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure. (CVE-2016-9011)

  - The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5 has a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions in     gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c. NOTE: PHP is unaffected. (CVE-2019-6978)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1 advisory.

  - The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure. (CVE-2016-9011)

  - The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5 has a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions in     gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c. NOTE: PHP is unaffected. (CVE-2019-6978)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the libwmf packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which     triggers a memory allocation failure.(CVE-2016-9011)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

New libwmf packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

Agostino Sarubbo from Gentoo discovered a flaw in libwmf's Windows Metafile Format (WMF) parser which caused allocation of excessive amount of memory potentially leading to a crash.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-10.3+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libwmf packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
160716	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libwmf (SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
160524	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libwmf (SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
132158	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libwmf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2623)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
131811	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libwmf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2537)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
131645	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libwmf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2492)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
109432	Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : libwmf (SSA:2018-120-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
94475	Debian DLA-694-1 : libwmf security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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