Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Flexera Software LLC libexif
0.6.21affected
References
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/6aa11df549114ebda520dde4cdaea2f9357b2c89 ↗
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-28/ ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00000.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00016.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4358-1/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00025.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00017.html ↗