CVE-2019-13112 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Exiv2

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Canonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4+1
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 30, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5w5r-cgx2-jf78: A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0↗2022-05-24
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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-07-15
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OSV
CVE-2019-13112: A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0↗2019-06-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-07-15
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Red Hat
exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service↗2019-06-30
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Debian
CVE-2019-13112: exiv2 - A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0....↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-13112 exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service [fedora-all]↗2019-07-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-13112 exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service↗2019-07-10
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