CVE-2017-17669

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p74

Published

Dec 13, 2017 (Dec 13, 2017)

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.

Vendors: exiv2 canonical debian
Products: exiv2, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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