CVE-2018-16336

MEDIUM

Exiv2 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/400
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00012.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
exiv2/exiv2 0.26
Published Sep 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026