Vulnerability CVE-2018-16336
Published: 2018-09-01   Modified: 2018-09-02

Description:
Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Exiv2 -> Exiv2 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/400
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
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