CVE-2018-20096

Public on 2018-12-12
Modified on 2019-10-24
Description
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core exiv2 2019-10-21 ALAS2-2019-1339 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H