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CVE-2018-20097

exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 10, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This issue affects the versions of exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Low. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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-125 · Out-of-bounds Read