CVE-2018-18915

NameCVE-2018-18915
DescriptionThere is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC1. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exiv2 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.24-4.1+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security)0.25-3.1+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.25-3.1+deb9u4fixed
buster0.25-4+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)0.25-4+deb10u4fixed
bullseye0.27.3-3+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)0.27.3-3+deb11u1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm0.27.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exiv2source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- exiv2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later; only affected experimental; bug #912828)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/511

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