Out-of-Bounds Affecting exiv2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXIV2-10075609
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-17722  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1