Improper Input Validation Affecting exiv2/exiv2 package, versions [,0.26]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIV2EXIV2-2367016
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for exiv2/exiv2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS Scores

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