Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exiv2 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed12 Dec 2018
Introduced: 12 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20099 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Debian.
There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20099
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2HXTJH37MBLA/
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/590
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2HXTJH37MBLA/