CVE-2018-20096

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-12-12

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Exiv2 (Exiv2)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/590
• https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2H…