Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-37620 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Ubuntu Operating systems & Components / Operating system libexiv2-27 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component exiv2 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Canonical Ltd. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU69650
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37620
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing metadata of a crafted image file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Update the affected package exiv2 to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsUbuntu: 20.04 - 21.10
libexiv2-27 (Ubuntu package): before 0.27.3-3ubuntu4.1
exiv2 (Ubuntu package): before 0.27.3-3ubuntu4.1
External linkshttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5043-2
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.