CVE-2018-8977 — 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 Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access) via a crafted file.

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/exiv20.26
▶debiandebian/exiv2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-qhcx-r24w-jj9w: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: invalid memory access in Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp↗2018-03-23
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Debian
CVE-2018-8977: exiv2 - In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8977 exiv2: invalid memory access in Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.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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