CVE-2019-9143

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2imageprinttiffstructure-exiv2-0-27/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-02-25

Updated: 2020-08-24

Type: CWE-674

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH