CVE-2017-17725

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17725
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-12 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-07 21:01:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

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
1525055 – exiv2 library: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::getULong (types.cpp) MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-17725: exiv2 library: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::getULong (types.cpp) · Issue #188 · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
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