CVE-2019-13112 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2019-13112?

CVE-2019-13112 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13112?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Exiv2 Exiv2, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13112?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-13112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-13112, CLEANSTART-2024-PW00833, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13112, GHSA-5w5r-cgx2-jf78, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13112.