RHSA-2019:2048 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: exempi security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 6, 2019
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for exempi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Exempi provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
Security Fix(es):
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exempi: Infinite Loop in Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp (CVE-2017-18233)
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exempi: Use after free via a PDF file containing JPEG data (CVE-2017-18234)
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exempi: Infinite loop in ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18236)
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exempi: Infinite loop in TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18238)
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exempi: Heap-based buffer overflow in PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted XLS file (CVE-2018-7730)
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.