CVE-2017-14859

NameCVE-2017-14859
DescriptionAn Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1147-1, DLA-3265-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exiv2 (PTS)bullseye0.27.3-3+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)0.27.3-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm0.27.6-1fixed
sid, trixie0.28.3+dfsg-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exiv2sourcewheezy0.23-1+deb7u2DLA-1147-1
exiv2sourcebuster0.25-4+deb10u4DLA-3265-1
exiv2source(unstable)0.27.2-6low

Notes

[stretch] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/74
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494780
Patches here: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/110
Depends on: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/65f45a350516bfde4941d7906f2d67462f48d1ca

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