CVE-2019-14982

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

In Exiv2 before v0.27.2, there is an integer overflow vulnerability in the WebPImage::getHeaderOffset function in webpimage.cpp. It can lead to a buffer overflow vulnerability and a crash.

Affected products

exiv2: before 0.27.2 — fixed in 0.27.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: exiv2 0.27.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/compare/v0.27.2-RC2...v0.27.2
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/960
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/962/commits/e925bc5addd881543fa503470c8a859e112cca62
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/compare/v0.27.2-RC2...v0.27.2
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/960
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/962/commits/e925bc5addd881543fa503470c8a859e112cca62

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