CVE-2018-9145
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.
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references (12)
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- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281cnnvd
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14enisa_euvd
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