#VU36624 NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-17282

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#VU36624 NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2 - CVE-2018-17282

Published: September 20, 2018 / Updated: October 21, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36624
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-2018-17282
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 a NULL pointer dereference error in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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