vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2020-18899: exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in DataBufdata may lead to DoS

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 19, 2021
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

An uncontrolled memory allocation in DataBufdata(subBox.length-sizeof(box)) function of Exiv2 0.27 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted input.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
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