CVE-2017-17724

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17724
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17724.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17724
Downstream
Published
2018-02-12T22:29:00.320Z
Modified
2026-07-08T23:29:45.073724Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure function in iptc.cpp, related to the "!= 0x1c" case. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/exiv2/exiv2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/exiv2/exiv2
Events
Introduced
fa449a4d2c58d63f0d75ff259f25683a98a44630
Last affected
fa449a4d2c58d63f0d75ff259f25683a98a44630
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.26"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.26"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.26
v0.*
v0.26

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17724.json"