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CVE-2018-5772

Published: 18 January 2018

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.

Notes

AuthorNote
debian
Vulnerable code introduced after 0.25

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

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

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
artful Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H