6.5

CVE-2017-11683: canonical ubuntu_linux Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11683DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11683
Published 27-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11683 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4
DLA-1147-1DLA-3186-1MGASA-2017-0391SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 2.66% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Exiv21 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 | < 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 | < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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