CVE-2017-14862

Published: 28 September 2017

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	same commits as CVE-2017-14859

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
exiv2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2)
	cosmic	Released (0.25-4ubuntu0.1)
	trusty	Released (0.23-1ubuntu2.2)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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