CVE-2017-12956

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2017-12956 · Published 18/08/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-12956 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting exiv2 (exiv2).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exiv2 exiv2	`= 0.26`	No fix yet

Description

There is an illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() in basicio.cpp of libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to remote denial of service.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

exiv2

= 0.26

No fix yet

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