{"id":"PYSEC-2019-249","details":"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possibly have unspecified other impact.","modified":"2025-10-09T07:05:09.758700Z","published":"2019-02-25T15:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2024-11-22T04:37:04Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2anonymous-namespacebigtiffimageprintifd-exiv2-0-27/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107161"}],"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-2019-249.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:H/I:H/A:H"}]}