CVE-2018-5772

Published: Jan 18, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.

Affected (1)

Products: Exiv2: Exiv2

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Exiv2 Exiv2	Version 0.26

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102789

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102789

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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