SB2026030912 - Gentoo update for Exiv2
Published: March 9, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39695)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the parser for the ASF video format in AsfVideo::streamProperties(). A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted media file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25884)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the CRW image parser. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27596)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the LoaderNative::getData() function in the preview component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
4) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27631)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the preview component. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.