PYSEC-2018-148

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    PYSEC-2018-148

    Published: 30 Mar 2018Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

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

    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
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2018-148 | CVE-DB