What is CVE-2018-17282?

CVE-2018-17282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-17282?

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

Is CVE-2018-17282 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2

CVE-2018-17282

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL pointer dereference.

Published 2018-09-20 · 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: 0.021 (81.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2 — versions 0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Marsman1996/pocs

References

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/457 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17282?: CVE-2018-17282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-17282?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17282 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.