CVE-2018-5772

exiv2: Uncontrolled recursion in image.cpp:Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 18, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An unbounded recursion flaw was found in the way Exiv2 handled certain image files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the exiv2 CLI utility program by tricking it into processing crafted input files.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion