Resource Management Errors Affecting hfiguiere/exempi package, versions [,2.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HFIGUIEREEXEMPI-2365706
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18238  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hfiguiere/exempi to version 2.4.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .qt file.

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