CVE-2018-5772

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5772
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-18 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Exiv2 'image.cpp' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Exiv2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion of Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure (src/image.cpp) · Issue #216 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710310 Gentoo Linux Exiv2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-14)
  • 752681 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1)
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