CVE-2017-9239

MEDIUM

Exiv2 - Denial of Service via Crafted TIFF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0265
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
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-369
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
exiv2/exiv2 0.26
Published May 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026