FKIE_CVE-2017-17724

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-12 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:11
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure function in iptc.cpp, related to the "!= 0x1c" case. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
exiv2 exiv2 0.26
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