High severity · published Jul 23, 2017
CVE-2017-11553
There is an illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function in localealias.c of Exiv2 0.26
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is an illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function in localealias.c of Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to remote denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% 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-2017-11553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11553
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1471772
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