UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18831

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18831
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18831.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18831
Upstream
Published
2023-08-22T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:38Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and other unspecified impacts via use of crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiv2@0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-1ubuntu1
0.25-2.1
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.1
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.5
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm1
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm2
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm3
0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiv2",
            "binary_version": "0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-14",
            "binary_version": "0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18831.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiv2@0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-3.1
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.4
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.5
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.7
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.9
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.10
0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "exiv2",
            "binary_version": "0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-14",
            "binary_version": "0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18831.json"