Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libexiv2-devel package, versions <0.26-6.3.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBEXIV2DEVEL-2764019
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Jul 2018

Introduced: 5 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-14860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libexiv2-devel to version 0.26-6.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexiv2-devel package and not the libexiv2-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.