[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#876466: libexif: CVE-2017-7544: Out-of-bounds heap read in exif_data_save_data_entry function

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libexif
Version: 0.6.21-2
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream
Forwarded: https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libexif.

CVE-2017-7544[0]:
| libexif through 0.6.21 is vulnerable to out-of-bounds heap read
| vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in
| libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the
| allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service
| or possibly information disclosure.

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-2017-7544
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7544
[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/libexif/bugs/130/

The attched report in the upstream bug is password protected, but
there is a produced patch by Marcus Meissner in the upstream bug.

Regards,
Salvatore