CVE-2019-9143

Published: Feb 25, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected (1)

Products: Exiv2: Exiv2

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Exiv2 Exiv2	Version 0.27

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/107161

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2imageprinttiffstructure-exiv2-0-27/

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161

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

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

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

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2imageprinttiffstructure-exiv2-0-27/

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

ExploitThird Party Advisory

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