Infinite loop in Exempi - CVE-2017-18238
Published: April 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11629
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18238
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Exempi
Exempi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxesfunction defined in the source code file XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp due to infinite loop when handling Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data in .qt files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing a specially crafted .qtfile, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxesfunction defined in the source code file XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp due to infinite loop when handling Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data in .qt files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing a specially crafted .qtfile, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18238
Update to version 2.4.4.