CVE-2018-5772 (NVD)

2018-01-18

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.

Products Exiv2
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102789
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14