Vulnerability in Exiv2
CVE-2017-11591
There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Exiv2 — versions 0.26
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11591?
- CVE-2017-11591 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exiv2. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-24.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11591?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-11591 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.