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CVE-2017-14866

Published: 29 September 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
debian
Versions prior to 0.26 don't parse ICC profiles yet

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
exiv2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/140
upstream: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494781

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H