PT-2018-19199 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2018-11-27 · Updated 2018-11-27

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-RC2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a crafted file. This is related to the Exiv2::isoSpeed function in easyaccess.cpp.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.27-RC2, consider avoiding the use of crafted files that may trigger the denial of service until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2018-143

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/561 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 · Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html · Note