Divide By Zero Affecting libexiv2-26 package, versions <0.26-6.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBEXIV226-2714496
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Apr 2020

Introduced: 3 Apr 2020

CVE-2017-9239  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (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.

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.