Use After Free Affecting exempi-devel package, versions <0:2.2.0-9.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EXEMPIDEVEL-1674661
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Mar 2018

Introduced: 15 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18234  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 exempi-devel to version 0:2.2.0-9.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1321.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exempi-devel package and not the exempi-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.