VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-17724
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.13%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- 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
- 2.13% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- exiv2/exiv2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.