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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vnc: sanitize bits_per_pixel from the client
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Gerd Hoffmann |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vnc: sanitize bits_per_pixel from the client |
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Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:53:36 +0100 |
On Mo, 2014-10-27 at 12:41 +0100, Petr Matousek wrote:
> bits_per_pixel that are less than 8 could result in accessing
> non-initialized buffers later in the code due to the expectation
> that bytes_per_pixel value that is used to initialize these buffers is
> never zero.
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> To fix this check that bits_per_pixel from the client is one of the
> values that the rfb protocol specification allows.
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> This is CVE-2014-7815.
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> Signed-off-by: Petr Matousek <address@hidden>
applied minor codestyle fix & added to vnc patch queue.
thanks,
Gerd