CVE-2019-13504 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-13504?

CVE-2019-13504 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Jul 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

There is an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::MrwImage::readMetadata in mrwimage.cpp in Exiv2 through 0.27.2.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13504?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Exiv2 Exiv2.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13504?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-13504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-7203, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13504, DLA-1855-1, GHSA-xjcm-5xfx-c3pp.