CVE-2017-18238

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    CVE-2017-18238

    Published: 15 Mar 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .qt file.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102483, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=886cd1d2314755adb1f4cdb99c16ff00830f0331

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