NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-13114

 

NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-13114

Published: August 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20309
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13114
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Exiv2

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-13114

Install update from vendor's website.

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