CVE-2018-9145

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 30, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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