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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17725

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.80%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file. Note that this vulnerability is different from CVE-2017-14864, which is an invalid memory address dereference.

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
1.80% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
exiv2/exiv2
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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