#VU19510 Integer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-13109 

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#VU19510 Integer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-13109

Published: July 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19510
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13109
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Exiv2
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 due to PngImage::readMetadata mishandles a chunkLength - iccOffset subtraction. A remote attacker can create a crafted PNG image file, trigger integer overflow and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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