Resource Exhaustion Affecting gegl package, versions <0:0.2.0-39.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GEGL-2025516
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Feb 2018

Introduced: 1 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-4868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 gegl to version 0:0.2.0-39.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gegl package and not the gegl package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file.