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CVE-2017-9239 json

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26.

published 2017-05-26 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also PYSEC-2017-112 , EUVD-2017-0028

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.

Patch / fix

  • exiv2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.25-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9239

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9239

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 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 0.26-6.8.1
  • exiv2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 0.23-12.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0921-1SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1

  • exiv2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.27.5-4.1
  • exiv2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.26-lp151.7.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12399-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0482-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9239 updated cvss 3.3

exiv2: Segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function

  • 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

2.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
OSV 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi exiv2
all versions
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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