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CVE-2018-20097 (GCVE-0-2018-20097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:51
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-12-12 00:00
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