cve/2018/CVE-2018-17581.md

### [CVE-2018-17581](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17581)
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### Description

CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.