CVE-2017-17722

MEDIUM

Exiv2 0.26 - Denial of Service via Crafted TIFF File

Title source: llm

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524116

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0119

EPSS Percentile 63.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-617

Status published

Products (1)

exiv2/exiv2 0.26

Published Feb 12, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026