| Name | CVE-2018-14338 |
| Description | samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath function on POSIX platforms (other than Apple platforms) where glibc is not used, possibly leading to a buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.25-4+deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.28.3+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exiv2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/382
Issue in example code of Exiv2