#VU36301 Infinite loop in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-20099

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#VU36301 Infinite loop in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-20099

Published: December 12, 2018 / Updated: October 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36301
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20099
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Exiv2
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

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

There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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