Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU13575

Denial of service in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-10998

Published: July 5, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13575

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10998

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error in readMetadata in jp2image.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger an incorrect Safe::add call and cause a denial of service (SIGABRT)

Affected software

Exiv2
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2018-10998

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/303

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