Secunia Security Advisory - Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in GFL SDK, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
GFL SDK Radiance RGBE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28710
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28710/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
GFL SDK 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/17383/
DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in GFL SDK, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using
the library.
For more information:
SA28326
The vulnerability is confirmed in libgfl280.dll of GFL SDK version
2.870 for Windows. Other versions may be also affected. The "light"
version of the library is not vulnerable.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted Radiance RGBE (*.hdr) files in applications
using the library.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-1/
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28326:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28326/
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