CVE-2017-17722 — Reachable Assertion in Exiv2

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26
▶debiandebian/exiv2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-c22q-jvvr-5r3w: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp↗2017-12-10
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Debian
CVE-2017-17722: exiv2 - In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigt...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17722 exiv2: reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp↗2018-02-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17722 exiv2: reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp [fedora-all]↗2018-02-14
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