Memory corruption in Exiv2 - CVE-2017-17722
Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10964
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17722
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Exiv2
Exiv2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the readHeader function of bigtiffimage.cpp due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted TIFF image file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the readHeader function of bigtiffimage.cpp due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted TIFF image file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17722
Install update from vendor's website.