In short
- CVE-2017-9239 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting exiv2, exiv2 (exiv2).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.5% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| exiv2 PyPI | all versions
| No fix yet |
| exiv2 | = 0.26
| No fix yet |
Description
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
NVD description
An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
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