What is CVE-2018-19108?

CVE-2018-19108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-19108?

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

Is CVE-2018-19108 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Exiv2

CVE-2018-19108

In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader may suffer from a denial of service (infinite loop) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.

Published 2018-11-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2 — versions 0.26
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 10.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2018-19108

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00038.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/426 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/518 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19108?: CVE-2018-19108 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-19108?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19108 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.