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
3.21% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-EXIV2-321287
  • published13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed13 Jun 2018

Introduced: 13 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12265  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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.

Exiv2 0.26 has an integer overflow in the LoaderExifJpeg class in preview.cpp, leading to an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::MemIo::read in basicio.cpp.