Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8976
CVE-2018-8976
Description
In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.
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Affected products
24- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&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%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%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%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%204.1
< 0.26-150000.6.16.1+ 22 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/246nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14nvdThird Party Advisory
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