CVE-2019-9143 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Exiv2 version 0.27, stemming from infinite recursion in the printTiffStructure function. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by providing a specially crafted file, leading to a segmentation fault and potential system unavailability. Rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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