CVE-2019-20421

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20421.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20421
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-01-27T05:15:10.453Z
Modified
2026-05-13T12:02:15.730976546Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.10"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/exiv2/exiv2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/exiv2/exiv2
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
70f9405fafbe19c7bab94b36a1267c4332dc8a8a
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.27.2"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.27
0.27-RC2
0.27-RC3
0.27.1
v0.*
v0.10
v0.11
v0.12
v0.13
v0.14
v0.15
v0.16
v0.16-pre1
v0.17
v0.17.1
v0.18
v0.18-pre1
v0.18-pre2
v0.18.1
v0.18.2
v0.19
v0.20
v0.21
v0.21.1
v0.22
v0.23
v0.23.1
v0.24
v0.25
v0.26
v0.27-RC1
v0.27.0
v0.27.1
v0.27.1-RC1
v0.27.2
v0.27.2-RC1
v0.27.2-RC2
v0.27.2-RC3
v0.3
v0.4
v0.5
v0.6
v0.6.1
v0.6.2
v0.7
v0.8
v0.9
v0.9.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20421.json"