CVE-2020-18773

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.3%

Medium (6.5) in exiv2 exiv2. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An invalid memory access in the decode function in iptc.cpp of Exiv2 0.27.99.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted tif file.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2021-08-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

exiv2:exiv2

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/760
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/760
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06

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