CVE-2017-17723 (NVD)

2018-02-12

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Image::byteSwap4 function in image.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose memory data or cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

Products Exiv2
Type Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524104
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14