CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-9145
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.
Affected configurations
• exiv2 exiv2 0.26
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 Third Party Advisory