CVE-2018-4868

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file.

Affected products

exiv2: 0.26

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102477
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/202
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102477
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/202

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