CVE-2018-12265

Public Exploit

Description

Exiv2 0.26 has an integer overflow in the LoaderExifJpeg class in preview.cpp, leading to an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::MemIo::read in basicio.cpp.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/1-out-of-read-Poc third party advisory exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/365 third party advisory exploit
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12265?
CVE-2018-12265 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12265?
To fix CVE-2018-12265, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-12265 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-12265 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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