CVE-2018-18915 — Infinite Loop in Exiv2

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC1. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27
▶debiandebian/exiv2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-mmfw-8c89-fjj3: There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp↗2018-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2018-18915: exiv2 - There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of ima...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18915 exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp↗2018-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18915 exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp [fedora-all]↗2018-11-05
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