Out-of-bounds Read Affecting exempi package, versions <2.4.5-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-EXEMPI-1545024
  • published6 Mar 2018
  • disclosed6 Mar 2018

Introduced: 6 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 exempi to version 2.4.5-1 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. There is a stack-based buffer over-read in the PostScript_MetaHandler::ParsePSFile() function in XMPFiles/source/FileHandlers/PostScript_Handler.cpp.