SB2024021314 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Exiv2

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24826)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder() function when parsing metadata of a crafted video file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the affected application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.

2) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25112)

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-g9xm-7538-mq8w
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/2337
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36