Bug 1988977 (CVE-2020-19715)

Summary:	CVE-2020-19715 exiv2: integer buffer overflow in getUShort fucntion leads to DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jgrulich, michel, rdieter
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	[REJECTED CVE] An integer overflow vulnerability in the getUShort function of Exiv2, results in segmentation faults within the application, leading to a denial of service (DOS).	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-08-03 00:45:00 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1988978
Bug Blocks:	1988983

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-08-02 08:23:47 UTC

An integer overflow vulnerability in the getUShort function of Exiv2 0.27.1
results in segmentation faults within the application, leading to a denial of
service (DOS).

References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/979

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-08-02 08:24:05 UTC

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1988978]

Comment 2 Todd Cullum 2021-08-03 00:45:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1728486 ***