Buffer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-14338
Published: March 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17886
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14338
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Exiv2
Exiv2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in samples/geotag.cpp on non-glibc systems. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14338
Install updates from vendor's website.