High
Security advisory
In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or information leak, related to the "== 0x1c" case.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-9305
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or information leak, related to the "== 0x1c" case.
osv:CVE-2018-9305
Complete source record
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