CVE-2018-11531
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Exiv2 0.26 has a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.91% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-05-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| exiv2 | exiv2 |
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238
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