Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-14369
Published: July 28, 2019 / Updated: June 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19507
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14369
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing a crafted image file within the Exiv2::PngImage::readMetadata() in pngimage.cpp. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Affected software
Exiv2
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14369
Install update from vendor's website.
Exiv2 - update to 0.27.3