Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting exiv2/exiv2 package, versions [0,0.27.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIV2EXIV2-2366997
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Jul 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-31292  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade exiv2/exiv2 to version 0.27.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. An integer overflow in CrwMap::encode0x1810 of Exiv2 0.27.3 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service (DOS) via crafted metadata.

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