CVE-2017-14864 — 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-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read15 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
NVD5.5OSV7.5OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.2-6 (bookworm)+1
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.2-6+3
▶Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.2+2
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-v685-q6m8-37cr: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-qxcp-2wh8-fqw4: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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OSV
CVE-2017-14864: In Exiv2 0↗2018-02-12
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OSV
CVE-2017-14864: An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types↗2017-09-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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Red Hat
exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp↗2017-12-12
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Red Hat
exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong↗2017-09-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-14864: exiv2 - An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types...↗2017
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Debian
CVE-2017-17725: exiv2 - In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14864 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong↗2017-10-10
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Bugzilla
Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong(types.cpp:246)↗2017-09-22
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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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