CVE-2018-12264

Publication date 13 June 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Exiv2 0.26 has integer overflows in LoaderTiff::getData() in preview.cpp, leading to an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::ValueType::setDataArea in value.hpp.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.23-1ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
exiv2

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

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

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