Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exiv2 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit maturity not defined.
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed23 Jul 2017
Introduced: 23 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11553 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
There is an illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function in localealias.c of Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to remote denial of service.