Out-of-Bounds Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.19-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.98% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-LIBEXIF-2844791
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed20 Nov 2009

Introduced: 20 Nov 2009

CVE-2009-3895  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 libexif to version 0.6.19-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the exif_entry_fix function (aka the tag fixup routine) in libexif/exif-entry.c in libexif 0.6.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid EXIF image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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