Denial of service in Libvips



Published: 2021-07-15 | Updated: 2023-10-23
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-27847
CWE-ID CWE-369
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor libvips

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU82308

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27847

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libvips: 7.28.0 - 8.10.5

External links

http://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/1236


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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