CVE-2017-17669
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17669
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17669.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17669
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-12-13T22:29:00.237Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T05:07:41.569863Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/exiv2/exiv2
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/exiv2/exiv2
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected