NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting exiv2/exiv2 package, versions [,0.26]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIV2EXIV2-2367089
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-18005  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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 NULL Pointer Dereference. Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related to crafted metadata in a TIFF file.

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