CVE-2017-17725 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Exiv2

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file. Note that this vulnerability is different from CVE-2017-14864, which is an invalid memory address dereference.

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-qxcp-2wh8-fqw4: In Exiv2 0↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp↗2017-12-12
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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

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17725 exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp↗2018-02-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17725 exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp [fedora-all]↗2018-02-14
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