CVE-2017-17724

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% 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::IptcData::printStructure function in iptc.cpp, related to the "!= 0x1c" case. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

Affected products

exiv2: 0.26

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14

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