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CVE-2018-5772 Details

Description

In 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102789 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
exiv2 exiv2
0.26

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5772
NVD Published Date:
Jan 18, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-5772 Details - Not Deferred