CVE-2018-8976

NameCVE-2018-8976
DescriptionIn Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3265-1, ELA-766-1
Debian Bugs903813

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+deb9u3vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch0.25-3.1+deb9u4fixed
buster0.25-4+deb10u2vulnerable
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
exiv2sourcewheezy(not affected)
exiv2sourcejessie(not affected)
exiv2sourcestretch0.25-3.1+deb9u4ELA-766-1
exiv2sourcebuster0.25-4+deb10u4DLA-3265-1
exiv2source(unstable)0.27.2-6low903813

Notes

[stretch] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - exiv2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/246
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/256
[jessie] - exiv2 <not-affected> (vulnerable method printStructure added in 0.25)

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