ALPINE-CVE-2019-17402 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2019-17402 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Exiv2 0.27.2 allows attackers to trigger a crash in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp when called from Exiv2::Internal::CiffDirectory::readDirectory in crwimage_int.cpp, because there is no validation of the relationship of the total size to the offset and size.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.11	exiv2	0.23-r0, 0.27.2-r1, 0.27.2-r0
Alpine:v3.9	exiv2	0.26-r0, 0.21-r0, 0.21.1-r0
Alpine:v3.10	exiv2	0.21.1-r0, 0.21-r0, 0.26-r0
Alpine:v3.8	exiv2	0, 0.21.1-r0, 0.21.1-r1

Timeline

Oct 9, 2019 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-17402 advisory

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