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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20030

An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif version 0.6.21 can be exploited to exhaust available CPU...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags within libexif version 0.6.21 can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libexif

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.21-5.1"}]}]

Debian:13 libexif

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.21-5.1"}]}]

Debian:14 libexif

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.21-5.1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org