Medium
Security advisory
Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-16336
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- 31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.
osv:CVE-2018-16336
Complete source record
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