# ALSA-2022:1842: Security update for 4 packages

ALSA-2022:1842, released May 10, 2022, fixes 1 CVE across 4 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2022-1842
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 10, 2022
- Priority: Routine (Closes CVE-2020-18898)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2022:1842

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [exiv2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/exiv2.md) | almalinux 8 | 0.27.5-2.el8 |
| [exiv2-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/exiv2-devel.md) | almalinux 8 | 0.27.5-2.el8 |
| [exiv2-doc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/exiv2-doc.md) | almalinux 8 | 0.27.5-2.el8 |
| [exiv2-libs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/exiv2-libs.md) | almalinux 8 | 0.27.5-2.el8 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2020-18898](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2020-18898.md) | Routine | compat-exiv2-026: Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata,... | 6.5 | 0.0143 |  |

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