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Out-of-bounds Read 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
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EXEMPIDEVEL-1674814
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 6 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 through 2.4.4. A certain case of a 0xffffffff length is mishandled in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData() function.