CVE-2017-9239 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-9239 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.17% · 38.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.17%

38.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	exiv2	0, 0.23-1ubuntu1, 0.23-1ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	exiv2	0, 0.25-1ubuntu1, 0.25-2.1

Timeline

May 26, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9239 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2) third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9239 third-party-advisory

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