CVE-2017-17725 (NVD)

2018-02-12

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file. Note that this vulnerability is different from CVE-2017-14864, which is an invalid memory address dereference.

Products Exiv2
Type Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/188
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525055