Reachable Assertion Affecting gegl package, versions <0:0.2.0-39.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GEGL-3667998
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Apr 2018

Introduced: 4 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-9303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 gegl to version 0:0.2.0-39.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1577.

NVD Description

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

In Exiv2 0.26, an assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp results in an abort.