SB2018071716 - Denial of service in Exiv2
Published: July 17, 2018 Updated: March 7, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018071716
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14338)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in samples/geotag.cpp on non-glibc systems. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.