CVE-2018-20097: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 10.0 only
• EXIV2 EXIV2: version 0.27 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 30 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Dekstop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.