SB2021071533 - Denial of service in Libvips
Published: July 15, 2021 Updated: October 23, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021071533
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27847)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due ti a division by zero error within the vips_eye_point() function in eye.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.