What is CVE-2017-17722?

CVE-2017-17722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-17722?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17722 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Exiv2

CVE-2017-17722

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.

Published 2018-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2 — versions 0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17722?: CVE-2017-17722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-17722?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17722 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.