CVE-2018-17282

exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp leading to application crash

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 20, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL pointer dereference.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 prior to 7.5 as they did not include the vulnerable code.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference