Medium severity · published Sep 29, 2017
CVE-2017-14862
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26
5.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EX
Exiv2 · Exiv2
0.26 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14862
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14862
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494786
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/
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