CVE-2018-19108 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19108, GHSA-p2wx-23h7-p7r8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19108.

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