PT-2018-19204 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2018-03-30 · Updated 2018-03-30

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 0.26

Description An issue exists in the DataBuf class constructor in Exiv2, related to the initial buffer size. If a large size value is provided, it may lead to a SIGABRT during memory allocation.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider restricting the initial buffer size in the DataBuf class constructor to prevent excessive memory allocation attempts. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2018-148

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-148 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281 · Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 · Note
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879 · Note