CVE-2018-17230

Publication date 19 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted image file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

fixed by afb98cbc6e288dc8ea75f3394a347fb9b37abc55, which introduced CVE-2018-17282

leosilva

code vulnerable was introduced later in version 0.27.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
exiv2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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