Fluid Attacks Database

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	exiv2	>=0 <0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
debian 12	exiv2	>=0 <0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
debian 14	exiv2	>=0 <0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8
debian 13	exiv2	>=0 <0.27.2-8	0.27.2-8

Aliases

1. CVE-2019-91442. NVD-2019-91443. OSV-DEBIAN-2019-91444. OSV-2019-91445. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2019-9144

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