PT-2018-15256

CVE-2018-20096

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Published

2018-12-10

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Updated

2020-04-28

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 versions 0.27-RC3
Description A heap-based buffer over-read issue exists in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp. This can be exploited by a crafted input, leading to a remote denial of service attack.
Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.27-RC3, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the heap-based buffer over-read issue in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALSA-2020:1577
CESA-2019_2101
CESA-2020_1577
PYSEC-2018-117
RHSA-2019:2101
RHSA-2019_2101
RHSA-2020:1577
RHSA-2020_1577
RLSA-2020:1577
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