Out-of-Bounds Affecting exiv2 package, versions <0.24-4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-EXIV2-528896
  • published2 Jan 2015
  • disclosed2 Jan 2015

Introduced: 2 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 exiv2 to version 0.24-4.1 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.

Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

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