SB2015010201 - Buffer overflow in GNU Exiv2
Published: January 2, 2015 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015010201
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9449)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960
- http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/diff?rev=3264&rev_to=3263
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148382.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61801
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71912
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2454-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03