CVE-2018-17581 (GCVE-0-2018-17581)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460 | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… | mailing-list |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/ | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/bl… | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023… | mailing-list |
Date Public
2018-09-28 00:00
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