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CVE-2024-42415

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf): 1.14.52

References

• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf/-/issues/34
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2069
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00002.html
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2069

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