CVE-2017-17725

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-12

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected products

• Exiv2 (Exiv2)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525055
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/188