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Ubuntu: USN-4056-1 (CVE-2019-13112): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4056-1 (CVE-2019-13112): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/30/2019
Created
07/16/2019
Added
07/16/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.

Solution(s)

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

References

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