PT-2018-6554 · Exiv2+1 · Exiv2+1

Published 2018-02-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-17722

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 readHeader function, located in bigtiffimage.cpp, which can be triggered by a crafted TIFF file. This can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Recommendations: For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider avoiding the use of crafted TIFF files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of TIFF files to minimize the risk of exploitation. 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-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

CVE-2017-17722

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Exiv2

References · 147

• 🔥 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524116 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2) · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14860 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2590 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11591 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18005 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13109 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8977 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17669 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01645 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19107 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13111 · Security Note