Use After Free Affecting exempi package, versions <2.4.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-EXEMPI-296947
  • published15 Mar 2018
  • 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 Debian:10 exempi to version 2.4.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exempi package and not the exempi package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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.