{"id":"USN-5043-2","summary":"exiv2 regression","details":"USN-5043-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exiv2. The update introduced a new regression\nthat could cause a crash in applications using libexiv2. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain image files.\n An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n (CVE-2021-37620)\n\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:17Z","published":"2022-01-11T12:45:33Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37620"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-37620","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37620"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5043-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37620"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941752"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"exiv2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiv2@0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7"}]}],"versions":["0.25-4ubuntu2","0.25-4ubuntu3","0.27.2-8ubuntu2","0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2","0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4","0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5","0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7","binary_name":"exiv2"},{"binary_version":"0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7","binary_name":"libexiv2-27"},{"binary_version":"0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7","binary_name":"libexiv2-dev"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2021-37620"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5043-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}