Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-11531
CVE-2018-11531
Description
Exiv2 0.26 has a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp.
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Affected products
32- osv-coords31 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2-0_26&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2-0_26&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1
< 0.26-150400.9.21.1+ 30 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150400.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150400.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238nvdThird Party Advisory
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