Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17725
CVE-2017-17725
Description
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.
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References
2- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/188nvdExploitIssue Tracking
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