CVE-2018-8977

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-8977 · Published 25/03/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-8977 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting exiv2 (exiv2).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exiv2 exiv2	`= 0.26`	No fix yet

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access) via a crafted file.

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
Exiv2/exiv2 · Exploit
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

exiv2

= 0.26

No fix yet

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