Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libgexiv2 package, versions <0:0.10.8-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBGEXIV2-3222893
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed3 Jan 2018

Introduced: 3 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-4868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libgexiv2 to version 0:0.10.8-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:1577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgexiv2 package and not the libgexiv2 package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file.