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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9953

A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.81%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is an invalid free in Image::printIFDStructure that leads to a Segmentation fault in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.81% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
exiv2/exiv2 · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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