PT-2018-3146 · Exiv2+4 · Exiv2+4

Published 2018-05-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-10999

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 An issue in the Exiv2 library is related to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk function. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider disabling the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the parseTXTChunk functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

BDU:2019-04241

CESA-2019_2101

CVE-2018-10999

DLA-1402-1

DLA-1551-1

DSA-4238-1

RHSA-2019:2101

RHSA-2019_2101

USN-3700-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Exiv2

Red Hat

Ubuntu

References · 34

• 🔥 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/306 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/2-out-of-read-Poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/1-out-of-read-Poc · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4238-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10999 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1551-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04241 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1 · Vendor Advisory