CVE-2019-20421

Summary

CVECVE-2019-20421
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-27 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-14 12:46:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.27.2 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.27.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix #1011 fix_1011_jp2_readmetadata_loop (#1013) · Exiv2/exiv2@a82098f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
An infinite loop and hang in Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata() · Issue #1011 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4958-1 exiv2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2750-1] exiv2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4270-1: Exiv2 vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178761 Debian Security Update for exiv2 (DSA 4958-1)
  • 178777 Debian Security Update for exiv2 (DLA 2750-1)
  • 500895 Alpine Linux Security Update for exiv2
  • 504729 Alpine Linux Security Update for exiv2
  • 901387 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for exiv2 (7205)
  • 902276 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for exiv2 (7205-1)
  • 940399 AlmaLinux Security Update for exiv2 (ALSA-2020:1577)
  • 960313 Rocky Linux Security Update for exiv2 (RLSA-2020:1577)
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