What is CVE-2018-10772?

CVE-2018-10772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-10772?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10772 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Exiv2

CVE-2018-10772

The tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 through 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Exiv2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10772?: CVE-2018-10772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-10772?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10772 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.