Microsoft is providing notification of the discovery and remediation of a vulnerability affecting DjVuLibre software version 3.5.25 and earlier versions. Microsoft discovered and disclosed the vulnerability under coordinated vulnerability disclosure to the DjVuLibre project maintainers. The DjVuLibre project maintainers have remediated the vulnerability in their software.
A vulnerability exists when the an application using DjVuLibre parses DjVu (.djv) files in a way that results in memory corruption. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could could run arbitrary code in the security context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Vulnerability Research reported this issue to and coordinated with the DjVuLibre project to ensure remediation of this issue. The vulnerability has been assigned the entry CVE-2012-6535 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list. For more information, including information about updates from DjVuLibre, see the DjVuLibre website.