An out-of-bound read has been found in Exiv2 in the way binary bytes are converted to string. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the Exiv2 CLI utility program by tricking it into processing a crafted TIFF image.
Find out more about CVE-2018-9144 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | exiv2 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | exiv2 | Not affected |
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