#VU38177 Buffer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2017-14866
Published: September 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38177
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14866
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Exiv2
Exiv2
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::s2Data function of types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.