Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-5772 (CCN-137800)

Assigned:2018-01-18
Published:2018-01-18
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary:In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-674
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-5772

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102789

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102789
Exiv2 'image.cpp' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
exiv2-cve20185772-dos(137800)

Source: CCN
Type: Exiv2 GIT Repository
Segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion of Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure (src/image.cpp) #216

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201811-14

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:630
    P
    Security update for exiv2 (Important) (in QA)
    2022-09-29
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20185772000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201857720000000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20185772000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201857720000000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20185772000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20185772000
    V
    CVE-2018-5772 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-01-18
    BACK
    exiv2 exiv2 0.26
    exiv2 exiv2 0.26