Out-of-Bounds Affecting exiv2 package, versions <0.25-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-EXIV2-524705
  • published10 May 2018
  • disclosed10 May 2018

Introduced: 10 May 2018

CVE-2018-10958  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 exiv2 to version 0.25-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26, a large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call.