Heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-11531

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13576

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11531

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.

Exiv2
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
exiv2
exiv2-debuginfo
exiv2-debugsource
libexiv2-26
libexiv2-26-debuginfo
libexiv2-devel
libexiv2-doc
exiv2-lang
libexiv2-26-32bit
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo

Install update from vendor's website.

exiv2 - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-debuginfo - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-debugsource - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26 - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-devel - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-doc - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-lang - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26-32bit - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1

• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283

• Debian update for exiv2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Exiv2
• Gentoo update for Exiv2
• SUSE update for exiv2-0_26
• SUSE update for exiv2