CVE-2018-9305

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or information leak, related to the "== 0x1c" case.

Affected products

exiv2: before 0.26 — fixed in 0.26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: exiv2 0.26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

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