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CVE-2019-13112

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-13112 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Exiv2 versions through 0.27.1, affecting products like Debian and Fedora. It stems from an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PngChunk::parseChunkContent function, triggered by a specially crafted PNG image. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction to cause a system crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.27.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 89th 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 (5)

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
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: exiv2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-13112Low

exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service

Jun 30, 2019

References

github.com / Exiv2/exiv2/issues/845
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / Exiv2/exiv2/pull/846
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGBT5OD2TF4AIXJUC56WOUJRHAZLZ4DC
usn.ubuntu.com / 4056-1
Third Party Advisory