PYSEC-2018-135

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    PYSEC-2018-135

    Published: 2 Sept 2018Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

    References: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/400, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00012.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/

    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

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2018-135 | CVE-DB