Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in libexif, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags can be exploited to exhaust available CPU resources. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.6.21. Other versions may also be affected.
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Secunia Research 2018/12/13
libexif EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY / EXIF_IFD_EXIF
Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Flexera........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* libexif version 0.6.21. Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: Denial of Service
Where: From remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in libexif, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) An error when processing the EXIF_IFD_INTEROPERABILITY and
EXIF_IFD_EXIF tags can be exploited to exhaust available CPU
resources.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.6.21. Other versions may
also be affected.
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4) Solution
No official solution is currently available.
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5) Time Table
2018/09/12 - Maintainer contacted with the vulnerability details.
2018/09/27 - Maintainer contacted for a follow-up.
2018/09/28 - Maintainer confirmed the vulnerability.
2018/11/13 - Maintainer contacted for a follow-up highlighting
disclosure policy margins.
2018/12/12 - Release of Secunia Advisory SA84652 based on the
disclosure policy.
2018/12/13 - Public disclosure of Secunia Research Advisory.
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6) Credits
Laurent Delosieres, Secunia Research at Flexera.
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7) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
the CVE-2018-20030 identifier for the vulnerability.
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8) About Flexera
Flexera helps application producers and enterprises increase
application usage and the value they derive from their software.
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Flexera delivers market-leading Software Vulnerability Management
solutions enabling enterprises to proactively identify and
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the website:
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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