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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18238: Security patch for exempi (ALAS-2019-1321)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18238: Security patch for exempi (ALAS-2019-1321)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/15/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .qt file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-exempi
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-exempi-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-exempi-devel

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