Vulnerability CVE-2019-13112
Published: 2019-06-30   Modified: 2019-07-01

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.

Type:

CWE-400

 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Exiv2 -> Exiv2 

 References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/845
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/846
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/
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