CVE-2017-17669

MEDIUM

5.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published12/13/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxexiv2:exiv2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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