CVE-2018-20098: EXIV2

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Affected products

• EXIV2 EXIV2: version 0.27 only

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