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CVE-2017-17723

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Image::byteSwap4 function in image.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose memory data or cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

Affected products

• exiv2: 0.26

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524104
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524104
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

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