NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-13114
Published: August 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20309
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-2019-13114
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error when parsing HTTP responses without a space character. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Exiv2
exiv2 (Alpine package)
exiv2
Fedora
exiv2 (Alpine package)
exiv2
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13114
Install update from vendor's website.
Exiv2 - update to 0.27.2
exiv2 (Alpine package) - update to 0.27.2-r0
exiv2 - update to 0.27.2-1.fc30
exiv2 (Alpine package) - update to 0.27.2-r0
exiv2 - update to 0.27.2-1.fc30