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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.9% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXIV2-10075613
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed18 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12955  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1