Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-9145
In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 56.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14