An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1147-1 exiv2 security update
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0046 An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3852-1 Exiv2 vulnerabilities
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:42:21.500Z

Reserved: 2017-09-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14859

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-29T01:34:49.763

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

Link: CVE-2017-14859

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14859 - Bugzilla

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