CVE-2018-9145

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    CVE-2018-9145

    Published: 30 Mar 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281, https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- fa449a4d2c58d63f0d75ff259f25683a98a44630
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.26

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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