MEDIUM
exiv2: crash / divide by zero on crafted images
Published Jun 13, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
Exiv2 0.16 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and application crash) via a zero value in Nikon lens information in the metadata of an image, related to "pretty printing" and the RationalValue::toLong function.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.20% 0.02204
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02204
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02204) | 81.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01901) | 76.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.67% (0.01666) | 80.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 88.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 19, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 88.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 87.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 85.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30519 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32273 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.exiv2.org/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29586 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2696 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451613 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2696
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2696
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 13, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 13, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2696
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a