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CVE-2017-17669

Published: 13 December 2017

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package Release Status
exiv2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
bionic
Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2)
cosmic
Released (0.25-4ubuntu0.1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [0.23-1ubuntu2.2])
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3)
zesty Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/06aa7ab69d0c4f3d14644bd84fc9d1346154430d