CVE-2018-16336

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16336
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-02 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionExiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1551-1] exiv2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3852-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-16336: AddressSanitizer: 2 heap-buffer-overflow problems ( Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk() && bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_equals_val<char const>::operator()<unsigned char*>(unsigned char*)) · Issue #400 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670294 EulerOS Security Update for exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1782)
  • 670609 EulerOS Security Update for exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2367)
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