CVE-2019-13112

MEDIUM

exiv2 < 0.27.1 - Denial of Service via Crafted PNG Image File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/845

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0175
EPSS Percentile 82.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
debian/debian_linux 10.0
exiv2/exiv2 < 0.27.1
fedoraproject/fedora 30
Published Jun 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026