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Ubuntu: USN-4056-1 (CVE-2018-19535): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4056-1 (CVE-2018-19535): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/25/2018
Created
07/16/2019
Added
07/16/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In Exiv2 0.26 and previous versions, PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp may cause a denial of service (application crash due to a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted PNG file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-exiv2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexiv2-14

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