CVE-2018-5772 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Exiv2

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26
▶debiandebian/exiv2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-5fh8-wc7h-jjmx: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: Uncontrolled recursion in image.cpp:Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file↗2018-01-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-5772: exiv2 - In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5772 exiv2: Uncontrolled recursion in image.cpp:Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file [fedora-all]↗2018-01-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5772 exiv2: Uncontrolled recursion in image.cpp:Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file↗2018-01-22
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