{"id":"PYSEC-2018-148","details":"In the DataBuf class in include/exiv2/types.hpp in Exiv2 0.26, an issue exists in the constructor with an initial buffer size. A large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation. NOTE: some third parties have been unable to reproduce the SIGABRT when using the 4-DataBuf-abort-1 PoC file.","modified":"2025-10-09T05:32:11.472840Z","published":"2018-03-30T08:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2024-11-22T04:37:04Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564281"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087879"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"exiv2","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/exiv2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.1","0.11.0","0.11.1","0.11.2","0.11.3","0.12.0","0.12.1","0.13.0","0.13.1","0.13.2","0.14.0","0.14.1","0.15.0","0.16.0","0.16.1","0.16.2","0.16.2.post1","0.16.3","0.16.3.post1","0.17.0","0.17.1","0.2","0.3","0.3.1","0.17.2","0.17.3","0.17.4","0.17.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/exiv2/PYSEC-2018-148.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}