Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libexif package, versions <0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1
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- published21 Sept 2017
- disclosed21 Sept 2017
Introduced: 21 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-7544 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libexif to version 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7544
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7544
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7544
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/