CVE-2018-9145

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-9145
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-03-30T08:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-27T19:23:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9145
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9145
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:44:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:02:08 2018-03-30T08:29Z 2018-03-30T08:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:02:08 2019-03-27T19:23:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:02:08 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated