CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2019-13112
A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-770
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- exiv2:exiv2
- fedoraproject:fedora
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/845
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/846
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGBT5OD2TF4AIXJUC56WOUJRHAZLZ4DC/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/