CVE-2017-17669 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-17669 PUBLISHED

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

EPSS 0.21% · 42.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.21%

42.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	exiv2	0, 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1, 0.25-3.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	exiv2	0.25-2.1, 0, 0.25-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	exiv2	0.23-1ubuntu1, 0.23-1ubuntu2.1, 0

Timeline

Dec 13, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17669 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17669 third-party-advisory

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