PYSEC-2015-36

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    PYSEC-2015-36

    Published: 2 Jan 2015Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.

    References: http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/960, http://secunia.com/advisories/61801, http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/diff?rev=3264&rev_to=3263, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148382.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71912, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2454-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

    Purl: pkg:pypi/exiv2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High