CVE-2019-9144
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
How to fix CVE-2019-9144
To remediate CVE-2019-9144, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/exiv2—upgrade to 0.27.2-8 or later
Is CVE-2019-9144 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.27.2-8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |