vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-20421: Infinite Loop

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 27, 2020
Added
Mar 24, 2020
Modified
Oct 2, 2024

Description

In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-exiv2
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