CVE-2017-12955

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12955
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-18 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-22 14:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1482295 – There is a heap-buffer-overflow in basicio.cpp of exiv2. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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