CVE-2018-8976 — Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Debian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.

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 Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-64gf-9xgm-rfrx: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-8976: In Exiv2 0↗2018-03-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat image.cpp↗2018-03-23
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Debian
CVE-2018-8976: exiv2 - In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8976 exiv2: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat image.cpp↗2018-03-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8976 CVE-2018-8977 exiv2: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-03-27
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CVE-2018-8976 — Out-of-bounds Read in Debian Exiv2 | cvebase