CVE-2020-18898

Summary

CVECVE-2020-18898
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-19 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-26 19:09:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.27 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CWE - CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion (4.2) MISC cwe.mitre.org
[bug report] Stack Exhaustion Caused By Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp, making Recursive Calls to Itself · Issue #741 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159814 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for exiv2 (ELSA-2022-1842)
  • 159821 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for compat-exiv2-026 (ELSA-2022-1797)
  • 240274 Red Hat Update for exiv2 security (RHSA-2022:1842)
  • 240296 Red Hat Update for compat-exiv2-026 (RHSA-2022:1797)
  • 671347 EulerOS Security Update for exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1266)
  • 671666 EulerOS Security Update for exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1715)
  • 752681 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1)
  • 940514 AlmaLinux Security Update for exiv2 (ALSA-2022:1842)
  • 940548 AlmaLinux Security Update for compat-exiv2-026 (ALSA-2022:1797)
  • 960376 Rocky Linux Security Update for exiv2 (RLSA-2022:1842)
  • 960417 Rocky Linux Security Update for compat-exiv2-026 (RLSA-2022:1797)
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