Medium severity · published Sep 28, 2018
CVE-2018-17581
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service
6.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EX
Exiv2 · Exiv2
0.26; 0.27 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17581
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17581
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
Exploit
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460
Exploit
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00038.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
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