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Ubuntu: USN-3852-1 (CVE-2018-16336): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3852-1 (CVE-2018-16336): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/01/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/17/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3852-1
  • CVE-2018-16336

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