There is a heap-based buffer over-read in libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that is triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function in image.cpp. It will lead to remote denial of service.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0043 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that is triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function in image.cpp. It will lead to remote denial of service.
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00323}

epss

{'score': 0.00567}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:44.993Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-12957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-18T21:29:00.290

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

Link: CVE-2017-12957

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-12957 - Bugzilla

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