Exiv2 CVE-2018-19535 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	109287
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2018-19535
Remote:	Yes
Local:	Yes
Published:	Sep 01 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 01 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	HongxuChen
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 19.04 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 18.10 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 Exiv2 Exiv2 0.24
Not Vulnerable:

Exiv2 CVE-2018-19535 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Exiv2 is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause an application crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Exiv2 0.26 and prior are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exiv2 CVE-2018-19535 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Exiv2 CVE-2018-19535 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Exiv2 CVE-2018-19535 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Exiv2 Homepage (exiv2)
  
• CVE-2018-19535 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2018-19535 exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::readRawProfile in (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• CVE-2018-19535: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow at pngchunk_int.cpp:635 # (Github)
  
• Fix Issue #428 #430 (Github)
  
• USN-4056-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities (Ubuntu)