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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-9305

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-9305

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Apr 2018, 21:29 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9305",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-9305",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-9305",
    "products": [],
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:32.425713670Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14",
        "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263",
        "https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381839,
  "published_at": "2018-04-04T21:29:00.54+00:00"
}