CVE-2017-17669 — Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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)
▶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

3
GHSA
GHSA-4635-wwr6-rxx5: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int↗2022-05-13
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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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OSV
CVE-2017-17669: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int↗2017-12-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2019-01-10
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Red Hat
exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp↗2017-12-13
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Debian
CVE-2017-17669: exiv2 - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTC...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17669 exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp [fedora-all]↗2017-12-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17669 exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp↗2017-12-14
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