PYSEC-2018-126

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    PYSEC-2018-126

    Published: 10 May 2018Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: In types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26, a large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call.

    References: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/302, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00012.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

    Purl: pkg:pypi/exiv2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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