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CVE-2017-9239

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pV

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00173
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Weakness Classification

CWE-369Divide By Zero
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Affected Products & Versions

2
exiv2all versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI exiv2
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD26 May 2017 · 10:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12399-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:0482-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:0860-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:0921-1
usnUSN-3852-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1295Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98720Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/Third Party Advisory
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