CVE-2018-16336

Publication date 1 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.25-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.23-1ubuntu2.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
exiv2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3852-1
    • Exiv2 vulnerabilities
    • 10 January 2019

Other references