CVE-2018-5772

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-01-18
CWE:
CWE-674
Bugzilla:
1536904: 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
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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-5772 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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 v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2 Not affected

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