PT-2018-14718 · Exiv2+5 · Exiv2+5

Cool-Tomato · Published 2018-11-02 · Updated 2022-10-17 · CVE-2018-18915

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.27-RC1

Description The issue is related to an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function, which can be triggered by a crafted input. This can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.27-RC1, consider disabling the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2020:1577

CESA-2019_2101

CESA-2020_1577

CVE-2018-18915

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3598-1

RHSA-2019:2101

RHSA-2019_2101

RHSA-2020:1577

RHSA-2020_1577

RLSA-2020:1577

SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Centos

Exiv2

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

References · 105

• 🔥 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/511 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18915 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2020:1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18915 · Security Note
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-1577.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2020:1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1577.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660426 · Note
• https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-20098 · Note
• https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-9143 · Note