Bug 1561213 (CVE-2018-8976)

Summary:	CVE-2018-8976 exiv2: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat image.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jgrulich, michel, rdieter
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Bug Depends On:	1561214, 1561215, 1561220, 1564689, 1564690
Bug Blocks:	1561219

Description Laura Pardo 2018-03-27 22:10:35 UTC

A flaw was found in Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.


References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/246

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-03-27 22:11:03 UTC

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1561214]

Comment 6 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-04-06 22:38:08 UTC

This issue does not affect the exiv2 version shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4. However, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5, exiv2 is rebased to the affected version (0.26).

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:14:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2101 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101

Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 19:18:39 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-8976