PT-2018-19201 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2018-01-18 · Updated 2018-01-18

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.26

Description The issue is caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function, located in the image.cpp file. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service using a crafted tif file.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider restricting the use of the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks via crafted tif files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2018-145

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102789 · Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 · Note