Bug 1632490 – CVE-2018-17282 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp

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Bug 1632490 - (CVE-2018-17282) CVE-2018-17282 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp

Summary:	CVE-2018-17282 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in v...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-17282

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1632491 1632492
Blocks:	1632487
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Reported:	2018-09-24 17:33 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-09-24 17:35 EDT (History)
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-09-24 17:33:39 EDT

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL pointer dereference.


References:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/457

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-09-24 17:35:00 EDT

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1632491]

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