#VU84717 Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2 - CVE-2021-37619 

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#VU84717 Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2 - CVE-2021-37619

Published: December 22, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84717
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37619
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 a boundary condition in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header(). A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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