CVE-2017-17669

Medium

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductExiv2
PublishedDec 13, 2017
First seenDec 13, 2017

How to fix

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exiv2 exiv20.26—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10—
debian debian_linux10.0—

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