Medium
Security advisory
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-17581
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.
osv:CVE-2018-17581
Complete source record
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