CVE-2017-11592: exiv2

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11592 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in exiv2. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 24-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.