PT-2008-4141 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Joakim Bildrulle · Published 2008-06-13 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2696

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.16

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by exploiting a divide-by-zero error. This is achieved by inserting a zero value in Nikon lens information within the metadata of an image. The error is related to the "pretty printing" functionality and the RationalValue::toLong function.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.16, consider disabling the "pretty printing" feature or restricting access to metadata editing until a patch is available. Avoid using the RationalValue::toLong function with untrusted image metadata to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2696

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 15

• 🔥 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2696 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30519 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2696 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32273 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885 · Note
• http://exiv2.org/changelog.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29586 · Note