PT-2017-19374 · Exiv2 · Exiv2

Published 2017-09-29 · Updated 2017-09-29

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.26

Description A memory address dereference issue was found in Exiv2, specifically in the Exiv2::getULong function located in types.cpp. This issue leads to a segmentation fault, causing the application to crash and resulting in a denial of service.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the memory address dereference vulnerability. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2017-137

Affected Products

Exiv2

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-137 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494467 · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html · Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1 · Note