| Name | CVE-2017-17722 |
| Description | In 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.25-4+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.28.3+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exiv2 | source | (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