CVE-2017-11116

HIGH 7.8CVE-2017-11116 · Published 31/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-11116 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting openexif (openexif project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 67.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openexif openexif_project	`= 2.1.4`	No fix yet

Description

The ExifImageFile::readDQT function in ExifImageFileRead.cpp in OpenExif 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted jpg file.

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/77 · Exploit
sourceforge.net/p/openexif/bugs/18

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

openexif

openexif_project

= 2.1.4

No fix yet

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