Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exiv2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EXIV2-600377
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed3 Nov 2018

Introduced: 3 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-18915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Debian.

There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC1. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.