There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0041 There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:52:00.728Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-12955

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-18T21:29:00.213

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12955

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12955 - Bugzilla

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