PT-2008-6861 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2008-06-13 · Updated 2008-06-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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 error occurs when a zero value is present in the Nikon lens information within the metadata of an image. The problem is related to the "pretty printing" functionality and the RationalValue::toLong function.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.16, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2008-11

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2008-11 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30519 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references · Note
• http://exiv2.org/changelog.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885 · Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1 · Note
• http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29586 · Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32273 · Note
• http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715 · Note