CVE-2018-19108 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in Exiv2 by providing a crafted PSD image file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-19108?
CVE-2018-19108 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader may suffer from a denial of service (infinite loop) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19108?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Exiv2 Exiv2, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19108?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-19108 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19108 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19108, GHSA-p2wx-23h7-p7r8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19108.