CVE-2017-9239

MEDIUM

Exiv2 <0.26 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.

References (5)

[Issue Tracking] http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720

[Various Sources] https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test%28exiv2%29

View Exploit ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

exiv2/exiv2

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published May 26, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026