Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libexiv2-26 package, versions <0.26-6.8.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.21% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBEXIV226-2713154
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Apr 2020

Introduced: 3 Apr 2020

CVE-2018-12264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libexiv2-26 to version 0.26-6.8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexiv2-26 package and not the libexiv2-26 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

Exiv2 0.26 has integer overflows in LoaderTiff::getData() in preview.cpp, leading to an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::ValueType::setDataArea in value.hpp.