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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17722

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.15%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.15% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
exiv2/exiv2
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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