Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-9143 (CCN-157832)

Assigned:2019-02-21
Published:2019-02-21
Updated:2020-08-24
Summary:An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
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:O/RC:C)
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
4.0 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.5 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
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
CWE-835
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-9143

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
107161

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
exiv2-cve20199143-dos(157832)

Source: CCN
Type: Exiv2 GIT Repository
uncontrolled recursion loop in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure() #711

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2imageprinttiffstructure-exiv2-0-27/

Source: CCN
Type: Loginsoft Web site
Uncontrolled recursion loop in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure() – exiv2-0.27

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201577
    P
    RHSA-2020:1577: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
    2020-04-28
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20192101
    P
    RHSA-2019:2101: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
    2019-08-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20199143000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201991430000000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20199143000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201991430000000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20199143000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201991430000000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-02-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20199143000
    V
    CVE-2019-9143 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-02-25
    BACK
    exiv2 exiv2 0.27
    exiv2 exiv2 0.27