DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17669

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17669
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17669.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17669
Upstream
Published
2017-12-13T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:19:06Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Debian:11 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}