High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-11591

Description

There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

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Affected products

Exiv2/Exiv22 versions
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.26
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords33 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2-0_26&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/exiv2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2-0_26&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/exiv2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1
< 0.26-150400.9.21.1+ 32 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150400.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.27.4-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150400.9.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.23-12.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26-150000.6.26.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/nvdThird Party Advisory

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