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Ubuntu: USN-3700-1 (CVE-2018-10998): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3700-1 (CVE-2018-10998): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/10/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. readMetadata in jp2image.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGABRT) by triggering an incorrect Safe::add call.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-exiv2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexiv2-12
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexiv2-14

References

  • USN-3700-1
  • DSA-4238
  • CVE-2018-10998

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