CVE-2017-11683

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-07-26
Bugzilla:
1475754: CVE-2017-11683 exiv2: Reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11683 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2 Will not fix

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