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CVE-2017-18005

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 31, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18005
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related to crafted metadata in a TIFF file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Exiv2 Exiv2 0.26 (including) 0.26 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat exiv2-0:0.27.2-5.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gegl-0:0.2.0-39.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gnome-color-manager-0:3.28.0-3.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat libgexiv2-0:0.10.8-4.el8 *
Exiv2 Ubuntu artful *
Exiv2 Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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