Out-of-bounds Read Affecting exempi package, versions <0:2.2.0-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EXEMPI-2538162
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Mar 2018

Introduced: 6 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 exempi to version 0:2.2.0-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2048.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exempi package and not the exempi package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. A certain case of a 0xffffffff length is mishandled in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData() function.