Out-of-Bounds Affecting exiv2/exiv2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIV2EXIV2-2367026
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2/exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

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