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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-11591

There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.10%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.10% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
exiv2/exiv2 · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.