Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libexiv2-26 package, versions <0.26-150000.6.16.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBEXIV226-3050876
  • published18 Oct 2022
  • disclosed17 Oct 2022

Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libexiv2-26 to version 0.26-150000.6.16.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexiv2-26 package and not the libexiv2-26 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.