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CVE-2017-14862 json

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-0049

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • exiv2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.27.2-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14862

  • exiv2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.23-1ubuntu2.2
  • exiv2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
  • exiv2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14862

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exiv2 SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +5 more 0.23-12.5.1
  • exiv2 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 0.26-6.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1

  • exiv2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.27.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10747-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14862 updated cvss 3.3

exiv2: Invalid memory address dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2, exiv2-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2, exiv2-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494786 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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