Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2018
CVE-2018-8976
In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file
6.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.
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)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
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 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8976
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8976
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
Exploit
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/246
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
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