Division by zero in libvips - CVE-2021-27847
Published: October 23, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82308
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27847
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libvips
Affected software:
libvips
libvips
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due ti a division by zero error within the vips_eye_point() function in eye.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-27847
Install updates from vendor's website.