PT-2017-4086 · Exiv2+4 · Exiv2+4

Published 2017-07-26 · Updated 2023-01-20 · CVE-2017-11683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/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 The issue is related to a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp. This can lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient use of the assert() function, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function to prevent remote denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2105

ALT-PU-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

BDU:2021-01445

CVE-2017-11683

DLA-1147-1

DLA-3186-1

MGASA-2017-0391

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1961-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2

USN-3852-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Exiv2

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 241

• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/2-out-of-read-Poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/1-out-of-read-Poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/exiv2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2) · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11683 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11339 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14338 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11553 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2468 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12957 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5772 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12265 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14982 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3186-1 · Vendor Advisory