What is CVE-2017-14931?

CVE-2017-14931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openexif Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-14931?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Openexif Project

CVE-2017-14931

ExifImageFile::readDQT in ExifImageFileRead.cpp in OpenExif 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openexif_project Openexif — versions 2.1.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14931?: CVE-2017-14931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openexif Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-14931?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.