PYSEC-2018-141

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    PYSEC-2018-141

    Published: 8 Nov 2018Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (called from psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader) may suffer from a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.

    References: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/518, https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/427, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00038.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html

    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
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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