Improper Input Validation Affecting exiv2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXIV2-10075587
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1