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CVE-2018-8977

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Date: March 24, 2018

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8977

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8977

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-8977

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

No fix version available

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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