CVE-2018-9144

Publication date 30 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::binaryToString in image.cpp. It could result in denial of service or information disclosure.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
exiv2	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
exiv2	Upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/180

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.1 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H