Medium severity · published Jul 17, 2017
CVE-2017-11340
There is a Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function in Exiv2 0.26, related to an exit call
6.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function in Exiv2 0.26, related to an exit call. A Crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Exiv2 · Exiv2
0.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11340
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11340
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470950
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