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Medium ALSA-2024:3066 2 CVEs

Moderate: exempi security update

Published May 22, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

Exempi provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata.

Security Fix(es):

* exempi: denial of service via opening of crafted audio file with ID3V2 frame (CVE-2020-18651)
* exempi: denial of service via opening of crafted webp file (CVE-2020-18652)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 exempi 2.4.5-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 exempi-devel 2.4.5-4.el8

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2020-18651

    Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function ID3_Support::ID3v2Frame::getFrameValue in exempi 2.5.0 and earlier allows rem…

    exempi exempi Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2020-18652

    Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WEBP_Support.cpp in exempi 2.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

    exempi exempi Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18651
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18652
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235669
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235673
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-3066.html