CVE-2018-20096

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20096
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-12 10:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:56:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.27 rc3 All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.27 rc3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: mingw-exiv2-0.27-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
pocs/exiv2/20181206 at master · TeamSeri0us/pocs · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: mingw-exiv2-0.27-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Several bugs in exiv2 0.27-rc3 · Issue #590 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377485 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for exiv2 (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0103)
  • 671123 EulerOS Security Update for exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2144)
  • 940399 AlmaLinux Security Update for exiv2 (ALSA-2020:1577)
  • 960313 Rocky Linux Security Update for exiv2 (RLSA-2020:1577)
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