Integer overflow in libexif - CVE-2019-9278

Vulnerability identifier: #VU29108

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9278

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

libexif
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
openEuler
Fedora
libexif (Alpine package)
libexif (Red Hat package)
libexif (Debian package)
libexif-help
libexif-debugsource
libexif-debuginfo
libexif-devel
libexif

Install updates from vendor's website.

libexif - update to 0.6.22
libexif (Alpine package) - update to 0.6.22-r0
libexif (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.6.22-1.el7, 0.6.22-4.el8
libexif (Debian package) - addressed in versions 0.6.21-2+deb9u1, 0.6.21-5.1+deb10u1
libexif-help - update to 0.6.21-25
libexif-debugsource - update to 0.6.21-25
libexif-debuginfo - update to 0.6.21-25
libexif-devel - update to 0.6.21-25
libexif - update to 0.6.21-25
libexif - addressed in versions 0.6.22-1.fc31, 0.6.22-1.fc32

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/17
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/27/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
• https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/75aa73267fdb1e0ebfbc00369e7312bac43d0566
• https://github.com/libexif/libexif/issues/26
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00007.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/9
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-10
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4277-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4618

• Multiple vulnerabilities in libexif library
• Gentoo update for libexif
• OpenSUSE Linux update for libexif
• OpenSUSE Linux update for libexif
• Integer overflow in libexif (Alpine package)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for libexif
• Slackware Linux update for libexif
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for libexif
• Debian update for libexif
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP3 update for libexif
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1 update for libexif
• Fedora 32 update for libexif
• Fedora 31 update for libexif