High severity · published Feb 25, 2019
CVE-2019-9144
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27
8.8
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Exiv2 · Exiv2
0.27 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9144
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9144
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161
Exploit
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712
Exploit
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2anonymous-namespacebigtiffimageprintifd-exiv2-0-27/
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