Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9239
CVE-2017-9239
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.
Affected products
5cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295nvdIssue Tracking
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.htmlnvd
- github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test%28exiv2%29nvd
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