CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-20421
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• exiv2 exiv2 0.27.2
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 19.10
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/a82098f4f90cd86297131b5663c3dec6a34470e8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4270-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/a82098f4f90cd86297131b5663c3dec6a34470e8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4270-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958 Third Party Advisory