CVE-2018-20097
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2020:1577: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | exiv2 | | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20097.html
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/exiv2/20181206
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/590
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00038.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXCEKTYF7HLM6VH2WCWO2HXTJH37MBLA/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20097
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1577
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-1577.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1577
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.