Buffer overflow in exiv2 (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2014-9449
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 exiv2 (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33553

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9449

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

exiv2 (Alpine package): 0.24-r0 - 0.25-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=495054ea63175c24594a681043a16da07c08bbd2
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=806f57e6f9e7b63de7d1d6e9738956992275890f
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b7b18fc0ecc10a20b3363498cf83ffd3c0e34f87


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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