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CVE-2018-17581
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.4%
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- mitre
Description
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190226 [SECURITY] [DLA 1691-1] exiv2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- USN-3852-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230110 [SECURITY] [DLA 3265-1] exiv2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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