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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3482: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3482: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/08/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-exiv2

References

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