VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11531
Exiv2 0.26 has a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.91%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Exiv2 0.26 has a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.91% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- exiv2/exiv2 · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/283Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3700-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4238Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.