CVE-2018-19107

Published: 8 November 2018

In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (called from psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader) may suffer from a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	1-byte invalid read

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
exiv2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was needed)
	xenial	Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4)
	bionic	Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3)
	cosmic	Released (0.25-4ubuntu0.2)
	disco	Released (0.25-4ubuntu1.1)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/68966932510213b5656fcf433ab6d7e26f48e23b upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/b7c71f3ad0386cd7af3b73443c0615ada073f0d5

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

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