An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-963-1 exiv2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0028 An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. When the data structure of the structure ifd is incorrect, the program assigns pValue_ to 0x0, and the value of pValue() is 0x0. TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage will use the value of pValue() to cause a segmentation fault. To exploit this vulnerability, someone must open a crafted tiff file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3852-1 Exiv2 vulnerabilities
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History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00173}

epss

{'score': 0.00133}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:02:44.367Z

Reserved: 2017-05-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9239

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-26T10:29:00.177

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

Link: CVE-2017-9239

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9239 - Bugzilla

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