CVE-2018-20097 — 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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 15.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Exiv2Debian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, Fedora 30

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-v5fp-vjgx-32cr: There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-20097: There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int↗2018-12-12
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CVEList
CVE-2018-20097: There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int↗2018-12-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function↗2018-12-10
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Debian
CVE-2018-20097: exiv2 - There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffi...↗2018
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20096 CVE-2018-20097 CVE-2018-20098 CVE-2018-20099 mingw-exiv2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-12-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20097 exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function↗2018-12-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20096 CVE-2018-20097 CVE-2018-20098 CVE-2018-20099 exiv2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-12-18
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