CVE catalog
CVE-2020-18898
exiv2: CVE-2020-18898
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.43% · Oct 25, 2026
A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exiv2 | sid | 0.28.9+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | exiv2 | forky | 0.28.9+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | exiv2 | trixie | 0.28.5+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | exiv2 | bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exiv2 | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [exiv2]Affected
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
- [libexiv2-27]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
- [libexiv2-dev]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
- [libexiv2-doc]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
0.27.6-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · exiv2 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [exiv2]Affected
Details (2)
0.28.5+dfsg-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
0.28.5+dfsg-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
- [libexiv2-28]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.28.5+dfsg-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
0.28.5+dfsg-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
- [libexiv2-data]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.28.5+dfsg-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
0.28.5+dfsg-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
- [libexiv2-dev]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.28.5+dfsg-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
0.28.5+dfsg-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
- [libexiv2-doc]Affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.28.5+dfsg-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
0.28.5+dfsg-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2022_1797.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18898]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18898]
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