Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libexiv2-26 package, versions <0.26-150400.9.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.57% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBEXIV226-3146864
  • published24 Nov 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2022

Introduced: 23 Nov 2022

CVE-2018-20098  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libexiv2-26 to version 0.26-150400.9.21.1 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:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.