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CVE-2019-13110 json

A CiffDirectory::readDirectory integer overflow and out-of-bounds read in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of serv…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4651

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A CiffDirectory::readDirectory integer overflow and out-of-bounds read in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV) via a crafted CRW image file.

Patch / fix

  • exiv2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.27.2-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13110

  • exiv2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4
  • exiv2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13110

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exiv2 SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +18 more 0.26-150000.6.26.1
  • exiv2-0_26 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.26-150400.9.21.1
  • exiv2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 0.23-12.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1SUSE-SU-2022:4208-1SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1

  • exiv2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 0.27.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13110

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13110 updated cvss 4.4

exiv2: integer-overflow and out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory leads to denail of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2, exiv2-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2, exiv2-libs
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 exiv2, exiv2-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/843 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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