CVE-2018-5772 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Exiv2 version 0.26, stemming from uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by providing a specially crafted TIFF file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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