Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20099
CVE-2018-20099
Description
There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
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Affected products
31- osv-coords29 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/exiv2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/exiv2-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/geglpkg:rpm/almalinux/gnome-color-managerpkg:rpm/almalinux/libgexiv2pkg:rpm/almalinux/libgexiv2-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2-0_26&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg: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%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%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%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2-0_26&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4
< 0.27.2-5.el8+ 28 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.27.2-5.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.27.2-5.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.0-39.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 3.28.0-3.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.8-4.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.8-4.el8
- (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: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (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: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (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: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (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: < 0.26-150400.9.21.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/590nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2HXTJH37MBLA/nvd
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