{"id":"USN-4964-1","summary":"exiv2 vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04.\n(CVE-2021-29463)\n\nIt was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04.\n(CVE-2021-29464)\n\nIt was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-32617)\n\nIt was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 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