Fedora 37 update for libheif



Published: 2023-08-20
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-29659
CWE-ID CWE-369
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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libheif
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Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU76229

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29659

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception within the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 37

libheif: before 1.15.2-1.fc37

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-440c8694e5


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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