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CVE-2018-17581

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: exiv2-0:0.27.0-2.el7_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: exiv2-0:0.27.2-5.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gegl-0:0.2.0-39.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-color-manager-0:3.28.0-3.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libgexiv2-0:0.10.8-4.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: exiv2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17581Low

exiv2: Stack overflow in CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp leading to denial of service

Sep 25, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2101
Third Party Advisory
github.com / Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3852-1
Third Party Advisory