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Red Hat: CVE-2021-29464: CVE-2021-29464 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | 2021-04-30 | 2021-11-10 | 2023-12-15 |
Description
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.
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