Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libexif (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Nov 2019
- disclosed27 Sept 2019
Introduced: 27 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-9278 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexif package and not the libexif package as distributed by Ubuntu.
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-112537774
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-9278
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/9
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/75aa73267fdb1e0ebfbc00369e7312bac43d0566
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/issues/26
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4618
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9278
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO2VTHD7OLPJDCJBHKUQTBAHZOBBCF6X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA5BPQLOFXIZOOJHBYDU635Z5KLUMTDD/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-05
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-10
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00007.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/27/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO2VTHD7OLPJDCJBHKUQTBAHZOBBCF6X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA5BPQLOFXIZOOJHBYDU635Z5KLUMTDD/