CVE-2018-10998

moderate-risk

Published 2018-05-12

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. readMetadata in jp2image.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGABRT) by triggering an incorrect Safe::add call.

Do I need to act?

0.92% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (10)

Exiv2

Ubuntu Linux

Debian Linux

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Exiv2

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101

Exploit https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/303

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101

Exploit https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/303

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 16/34 · Moderate