Out-of-bounds Read Affecting exiv2-libs package, versions <0:0.27.3-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-EXIV2LIBS-4017954
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Oct 2019

Introduced: 6 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17402  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 exiv2-libs to version 0:0.27.3-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1758.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2-libs package and not the exiv2-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Exiv2 0.27.2 allows attackers to trigger a crash in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp when called from Exiv2::Internal::CiffDirectory::readDirectory in crwimage_int.cpp, because there is no validation of the relationship of the total size to the offset and size.

CVSS Scores

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