CVE-2020-19716 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Exiv2

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Databuf function in types.cpp of Exiv2 v0.27.1 leads to a denial of service (DOS).

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 Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hhmh-w64h-2vvx: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Databuf function in types↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-19716: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Databuf function in types↗2021-07-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: buffer overflow in Databuf function in types.cpp leads to DoS↗2021-07-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-19716: exiv2 - A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Databuf function in types.cpp of Exiv2 v0...↗2020
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