CVE-2018-9144

exiv2: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::binaryToString in image.cpp

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 28, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An out-of-bound read has been found in Exiv2 in the way binary bytes are converted to string. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the Exiv2 CLI utility program by tricking it into processing a crafted TIFF image.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 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-125 · Out-of-bounds Read