CVE-2019-9144 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Exiv2

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedFeb 25
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.2-8 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-8+3
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h536-vfr2-h6pw: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2019-9144: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0↗2019-02-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service↗2019-02-21
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Debian
CVE-2019-9144: exiv2 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffIma...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service [fedora-all]↗2019-02-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9144 exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service↗2019-02-26
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