Bug 1632484 (CVE-2018-17230) - CVE-2018-17230 exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp
Summary: CVE-2018-17230 exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-17230
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 1632485 1632486
Blocks: 1632487
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Reported: 2018-09-24 21:26 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-16 23:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-28 16:32:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1577 0 None None None 2020-04-28 15:27:19 UTC

Description Laura Pardo 2018-09-24 21:26:32 UTC 
A flaw was found in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted image file.


References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/455
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-09-24 21:26:55 UTC 
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1632485]
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2018-11-08 15:12:34 UTC 
Upstream patch:

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/afb98cbc6e288dc8ea75f3394a347fb9b37abc55
Comment 4 Adam Mariš 2018-11-08 15:12:39 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable code.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 15:27:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:1577 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1577
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-04-28 16:32:14 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17230
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