CVE-2020-18898
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-0:0.26-7.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0:0.26-7.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0:0.26-7.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0:0.26-7.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0:0.26-7.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0:0.26-7.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0:0.26-7.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0:0.26-7.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0:0.26-7.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0:0.26-7.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedcompat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0:0.26-7.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797 - Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.5-2.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-doc-0:0.27.5-2.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842 - Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (52)
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advisories (2)
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- RHSA-2022:1797Red Hat Security Advisory: compat-exiv2-026 security update2022-05-10csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for compat-exiv2-026 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2022:1842Red Hat Security Advisory: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update2022-05-10csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for exiv2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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references (11)
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/674.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/741cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/tag/v0.27.5-RC1Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18898cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167058/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2022-1842-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exiv2-memory-leak-via-printIFDStructure-38324cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.5128cnnvd
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/674.htmlenisa_euvd
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