CVE-2018-16336

Published: 1 September 2018

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
exiv2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2)
	cosmic	Released (0.25-4ubuntu0.1)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [0.23-1ubuntu2.2])
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/35b3e596edacd2437c2c5d3dd2b5c9502626163d

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16336
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/400

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