Integer overflow in libexif - CVE-2019-9278
Published: June 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29108
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9278
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libexif.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
libexif
libexif
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9278
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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