CVE-2019-9144
CVSS v3
8.8
HIGH
EPSS Score
2.8 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Vendor advisories
- CVE-2019-9144 Red Hat Product Security
exiv2: infinite recursion in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp causing denial of service
Description
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.
Technical details
- Published
- 2019-02-25
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