CVE-2017-17722

NameCVE-2017-17722
DescriptionIn Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exiv2 (PTS)buster0.25-4+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)0.25-4+deb10u4fixed
bullseye0.27.3-3+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)0.27.3-3+deb11u1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm0.27.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exiv2source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- exiv2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 0.26; only affected experimental; bug #891044)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524116
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/208
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/228 (duplicate)
https://github.com/Kicer86/exiv2/commit/1647908e00a4df7246d76678e59587e62c690dcd

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