What is CVE-2019-14982?

CVE-2019-14982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-14982?

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

Integer overflow in Exiv2

CVE-2019-14982

In Exiv2 before v0.27.2, there is an integer overflow vulnerability in the WebPImage::getHeaderOffset function in webpimage.cpp. It can lead to a buffer overflow vulnerability and a crash.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2019-08-12 · 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: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/960 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/962/commits/e925bc5addd881543fa503470c8a859e112cca62 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/compare/v0.27.2-RC2...v0.27.2 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14982?: CVE-2019-14982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-14982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.