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PYSEC-2019-249 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be trigg

Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2019-02-25

Technologies: exiv2 (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Executive brief

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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.

Affected products

  • PyPI exiv2

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