CVE-2019-14369

Publication date 28 July 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Exiv2::PngImage::readMetadata() in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.99.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
exiv2	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

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vulnerability introduced by https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/c72d16f4c402a8acc2dfe06fe3d58bf6cf99069e

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
exiv2	Upstream: bd0afe0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H