Out-of-bounds Read Affecting exiv2 package, versions <0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-EXIV2-321247
  • published12 May 2018
  • disclosed12 May 2018

Introduced: 12 May 2018

CVE-2018-10999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 exiv2 to version 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. The Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk function has a heap-based buffer over-read.