[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#886962: exiv2: CVE-2018-4868

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/202

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2018-4868[0]:
| The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2
| 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive
| memory allocation) via a crafted file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-4868
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4868
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/202

The issue only affects the experimental version 0.26.

Regards,
Salvatore