CVE-2017-17669

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    CVE-2017-17669

    Published: 13 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1/, https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- fa449a4d2c58d63f0d75ff259f25683a98a44630
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.26

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High