Executive brief
There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Affected products
- PyPI exiv2
Junglewise Threat Intelligence
CVE-2018-20097: PYSEC-2018-118 - There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to
CVE-2018-20097 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2018-12-12
Technologies: exiv2 (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.
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