Medium
Security advisory
A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-13112
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.
osv:CVE-2019-13112
Complete source record
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