PT-2018-19196 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2018-11-03 · Updated 2018-11-03

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 of image.cpp. A crafted input can cause a remote denial of service attack.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.27-RC1, consider disabling the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2018-140

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/511 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 · Note