CVE-2017-9239
published 2017-05-26CVE-2017-9239: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue()…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.65%
83.9th percentile
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | exiv2 | < exiv2 0.25-3.1 (bookworm) | exiv2 0.25-3.1 (bookworm) |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | — | — |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-3.1 | 0.25-3.1 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-3.1 | 0.25-3.1 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-3.1 | 0.25-3.1 |
| exiv2 | exiv2 | >= 0 < 0.25-3.1 | 0.25-3.1 |
| 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
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/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_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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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: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
vendor_redhat·2017-05-25·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: exiv2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-9239: exiv2 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9239: exiv2 - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ...
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.25-3.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.25-3.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.25-3.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.25-3.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.25-3.1)
GHSA
GHSA-977x-9gqx-rv45: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] CWE-369 GHSA-977x-9gqx-rv45: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
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-2017-9239: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
osv·2017-05-26·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9239: An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-05-26·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function [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 relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple su
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
bugzilla·2017-05-26·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-9239 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
CVE-2017-9239 exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Upstream issue:
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295
References:
https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2)
Discussion:
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1455860]
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test%28exiv2%29https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test%28exiv2%29https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
2017-05-26
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