CVE-2019-9143: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a…

PriorityP337high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.77%

84.7th percentile

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	exiv2	< exiv2 0.27.2-8 (bookworm)	exiv2 0.27.2-8 (bookworm)
exiv2	exiv2	—	—
exiv2	exiv2	>= 0 < 0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
exiv2	exiv2	>= 0 < 0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
exiv2	exiv2	>= 0 < 0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
exiv2	exiv2	>= 0 < 0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

vendor_debian8.8LOW

vendor_redhat8.8HIGH

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