#VU106252 Uncontrolled Recursion in Exiv2 - CVE-2020-18898

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#VU106252 Uncontrolled Recursion in Exiv2 - CVE-2020-18898

Published: March 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106252
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-18898
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Exiv2
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite recursion within the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() function in image.cpp. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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