Vigil@nce - Exiv2: infinite loop via Jp2Image-readMetadata
April 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/02/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an infinite loop via
Jp2Image::readMetadata() of Exiv2, in order to trigger a denial of
service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exiv2-infinite-loop-via-Jp2Image-readMetadata-31529