Vigil@nce - Exiv2: denial of service via PngChunk-parseChunkContent
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 16/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via PngChunk::parseChunkContent()
of Exiv2, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exiv2-denial-of-service-via-PngChunk-parseChunkContent-29779