NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exiv2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-EXIV2-617431
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed29 Sept 2017

Introduced: 29 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure in image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.