CVE-2017-17669

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 13, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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