CVE-2018-17581 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Exiv2 version 0.26, specifically within the CiffDirectory::readDirectory() function, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. This flaw stems from excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, which can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve a high impact on availability. While rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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