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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-39695: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-39695: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/08/2024
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/14/2024

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.2. The vulnerability is in the parser for the ASF video format, which was a new feature in v0.28.0. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. The bug is fixed in version v0.28.3.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-exiv2

References

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