CVE-2017-9239
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.17%exiv2 - security update
Published: 5/26/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/exiv2from 0, < 0.25-3.1
- Debian/exiv2from 0, < 0.23-1+deb7u1
- PyPI/exiv2from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9239
- ADVISORYhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720
- REPORThttp://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test%28exiv2%29
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/