CVE-2018-10958 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Exiv2

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 10
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26, a large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.25-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.25-4+3
▶Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.1+2
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w36f-7jv5-74qh: In types↗2022-05-14
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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2018-07-03
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OSV
CVE-2018-10958: In types↗2018-05-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2018-07-03
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Red Hat
exiv2: SIGABRT caused by memory allocation in types.cpp:Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress()↗2018-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2018-10958: exiv2 - In types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26, a large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an a...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10958 exiv2: SIGABRT caused by memory allocation in types.cpp:Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress() [fedora-all]↗2018-05-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10958 exiv2: SIGABRT caused by memory allocation in types.cpp:Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress()↗2018-05-16
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