Buffer Overflow Affecting exiv2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXIV2-10075602
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed25 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-9144  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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