CVE-2018-9145: EXIV2

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• EXIV2 EXIV2: version 0.26 only

Published 2018-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.