CVE-2017-14858 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Exiv2

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow7 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function of types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26
▶debiandebian/exiv2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-6p9p-f22m-f5x3: There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function of types↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: Heap-buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function↗2017-09-23
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Debian
CVE-2017-14858: exiv2 - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function of types.cpp...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14858 exiv2: Heap-buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function↗2017-10-10
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Bugzilla
It is a heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::l2Data (types.cpp:398)↗2017-09-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000126 CVE-2017-1000127 CVE-2017-1000128 CVE-2017-11553 CVE-2017-11591 CVE-2017-11592 CVE-2017-11683 CVE-2017-12955 CVE-2017-12956 CVE-2017-12957 CVE-2017-14857 CVE-2017-14858 CVE-2017-14859↗2017-07-26
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