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CVE-2018-17581

Published: 28 September 2018

CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
exiv2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3)
bionic
Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2)
cosmic
Released (0.25-4ubuntu0.1)
trusty
Released (0.23-1ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/b3d077dcaefb6747fff8204490f33eba5a144edb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H