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CVE-2018-20096

6.5 mediumEPSS 2.8%

Medium (6.5) in exiv2 exiv2. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-125
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PYSEC-2018-117PyPIexiv2all versionsno fix published

References

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