| Name | CVE-2019-13112 |
| Description | A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie | 0.24-4.1 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch, stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid, buster | 0.25-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exiv2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | |
Notes
[buster] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue, clean exception / local DoS)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/1ed1e03c83802547585833fa9d4433af94798778
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/845