Memory corruption in Exiv2 - CVE-2017-17725
Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10965
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17725
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Exiv2::getULong function of types.cpp due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the Exiv2::getULong function of types.cpp due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Exiv2
Fedora
exiv2
Fedora
exiv2
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17725
Install update from vendor's website.
exiv2 - addressed in versions 0.26-10.fc27, 0.26-10.fc28