Denial of Service Vulnerability in Exiv2 by The Exiv2 Project
CVE-2019-20421

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Exiv2

Status
Exiv2
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 January 2020

What is CVE-2019-20421?

The vulnerability in Exiv2 allows remote attackers to exploit an input file problem, causing an infinite loop in Jp2Image::readMetadata(). This results in excessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service condition. Attackers could leverage this to disrupt services by submitting specially crafted files.

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/a82098f4f90cd862971...
x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4270-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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