Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-19607 is a crash bug in Exiv2 v0.27-RC2. A maliciously crafted file can trigger a null pointer dereference in metadata handling and crash the application using Exiv2. The available sources describe denial of service, not data theft, privilege escalation, or code execution. Exposure is most likely where Exiv2 v0.27-RC2 or vendor-packaged Exiv2 is used to parse untrusted image or metadata files, including upload pipelines, desktop tools, and backend media-processing services. Treat this as a service-availability risk. Prioritize internet-facing or customer-facing file-processing paths first, especially services where parser crashes can interrupt uploads, queues, or business workflows. Mitigation focus: Inventory Exiv2 installations and embedded library usage.; Check vendor guidance from Exiv2, Red Hat, SUSE, and your OS distributor.; Apply vendor-provided Exiv2 security updates where available..
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- Known Exploited
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/561CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- RHSA-2019:2101CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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