CVE-2018-16336 — Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

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 0.27.2-6 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.2+2
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f8wg-6gh7-2p7p: Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0↗2022-05-13
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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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OSV
CVE-2018-16336: Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0↗2018-09-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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Red Hat
exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted image file↗2018-08-13
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Debian
CVE-2018-16336: exiv2 - Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16336 exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted image file [fedora-all]↗2018-09-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16336 exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted image file↗2018-09-03
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