CVE-2017-14859
published 2017-09-29CVE-2017-14859: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault…
PriorityP415medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.07%
61.4th percentile
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | exiv2 | < exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm) | exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm) |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | — | — |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.27.2-6 | 0.27.2-6 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.27.2-6 | 0.27.2-6 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.27.2-6 | 0.27.2-6 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.27.2-6 | 0.27.2-6 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 | 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 | 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2 | 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2019-01-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-11591 [HIGH] Exiv2 vulnerabilities
Title: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.
It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862,
CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336,
CVE-2018-1758)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
vendor_redhat·2017-09-23·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14859 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-14859: exiv2 - An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14859 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14859: exiv2 - An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::...
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-6)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-6)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-6)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-6)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.27.2-6)
GHSA
GHSA-vrvf-3w78-ffjr: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-14859 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-vrvf-3w78-ffjr: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities
osv·2019-01-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9239 [HIGH] exiv2 vulnerabilities
exiv2 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862,
CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336,
CVE-2018-1758)
OSV
CVE-2017-14859: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value
osv·2017-09-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14859 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14859: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14859 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
bugzilla·2017-10-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-14859 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-14859 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
CVE-2017-14859 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Product bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494780
Discussion:
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475370]
Bugzilla
Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read ( in value.cpp:302)
bugzilla·2017-09-23
[CRITICAL] Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read ( in value.cpp:302)
Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read ( in value.cpp:302)
Created attachment 1329794
PoC File
./exiv2 005-invalid-mem
Warning: Directory Image, entry 0x011a has unknown Exif (TIFF) type 64772; setting type size 1.
Error: Upper boundary of data for directory Image, entry 0x011b is out of bounds: Offset = 0x00000030, size = 1073741832, exceeds buffer size by 1073734073 Bytes; truncating the entry
Error: Upper boundary of data for directory Photo, entry 0x9003 is out of bounds: Offset = 0x000001f8, size = 3538992, exceeds buffer size by 3531689 Bytes; truncating the entry
Warning: Directory Nikon3 has an unexpected next pointer; ignored.
ASAN:SIGSEGV
==11802==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x62410000c2c3 (pc 0x7f69ca832cf0 bp 0x7ffc8db8ae20 sp
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
bugzilla·2017-07-26·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-1000126 [MEDIUM] 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
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 CVE-2017-14860 ... exiv2: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the rel
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