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TI-2020-13490 Aliases CVE-2020-18898GHSA-g97p-564p-26xp

A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote…

Priority LOW 32CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01432 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:-:*:*:*:*:*:*0.27VulnerableExiv2
  • cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.27 Vulnerable ·Exiv2

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:1842 Released 2022-05-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) exiv2-0.27.5-2.el8, exiv2-libs-0.27.5-2.el8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) exiv2-devel-0.27.5-2.el8, exiv2-doc-0.27.5-2.el8
  • RHSA-2022:1797 Released 2022-05-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    compat-exiv2-026 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:1797, RHSA-2022:1842
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:1842
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-18898
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g97p-564p-26xp

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-13478 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2025-19560 Use After Free in Exiv2 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-13491 An uncontrolled memory allocation in DataBufdata(subBox.length-sizeof(box)) function of… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2018-08245 Exiv2 0.26 has a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-33923 Exiv2 Segmentation Faults in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() via crafted EPS file CVSS 4.0LOW 1.8
  • TI-2019-06608 An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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