Memory corruption in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-12264
Published: July 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13577
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12264
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Exiv2
Exiv2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflows in LoaderTiff::getData() in preview.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::ValueType::setDataArea in value.hpp and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12264
Install update from vendor's website.