PT-2018-3144 · Exiv2+5 · Exiv2+5

Published 2018-05-09 · Updated 2019-09-18 · CVE-2018-10958

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.26

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the types.cpp component of the Exiv2 library, which can lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider restricting the use of the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress function until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2105

ALT-PU-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

BDU:2019-04239

CESA-2019_2101

CVE-2018-10958

DLA-1402-1

DLA-1551-1

DSA-4238-1

RHSA-2019:2101

RHSA-2019_2101

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2

USN-3700-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Exiv2

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 59

• 🔥 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/302 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/2-out-of-read-Poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/1-out-of-read-Poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2) · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4238-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10958 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3700-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10958 · Vendor Advisory