What is CVE-2017-18238?

CVE-2017-18238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exempi Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-18238?

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

Vulnerability in Exempi Project

CVE-2017-18238

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .qt file.

Published 2018-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exempi Project
Debian Linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/ (Patch)
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/ (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18238?: CVE-2017-18238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exempi Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-18238?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.