CVE-2017-17723
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose memory data or cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Image::byteSwap4 function in image.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose memory data or cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- exiv2/exiv2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524104Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524104Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.