CVE-2021-3482

Publication date 8 April 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.7
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
exiv2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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