CVE-2017-11118

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-11118 · Published 31/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-11118 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting openexif (openexif project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.93%, higher than 60.8% 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::readImage function in ExifImageFileRead.cpp in OpenExif 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted jpg file.

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/77 · Mailing List
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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