CVE-2018-20096
N/A
Published: December 12, 2018 at 08:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorExiv2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/590x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2HXTJH37MBLA/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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