CVE-2019-9144
published 2019-02-25CVE-2019-9144: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted…
PriorityP336high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.78%
84.8th percentile
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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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GHSA
GHSA-h536-vfr2-h6pw: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CWE-674 GHSA-h536-vfr2-h6pw: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.
OSV
CVE-2019-9144: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
osv·2019-02-25·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CVE-2019-9144: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.
Red Hat
exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
vendor_redhat·2019-02-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CWE-835 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include support for BigTIFF images.
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2019-9144: exiv2 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffIma...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CVE-2019-9144: exiv2 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffIma...
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-8)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-8)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-8)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-8)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-8)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-02-26·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE:
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
bugzilla·2019-02-26·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-9144 [HIGH] CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.
Reference:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712
Discussion:
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1683202]
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Statement:
This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include support for BigTIFF images.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2anonymous-namespacebigtiffimageprintifd-exiv2-0-27/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2anonymous-namespacebigtiffimageprintifd-exiv2-0-27/
2019-02-25
Published