CVE-2017-14864

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-09-22
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1500308: CVE-2017-14864 exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2017-14864 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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