Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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-EXIV2-10075616
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-17725  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. 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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