DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17669

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17669

    Published: 13 Dec 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17669

    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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17669

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.27.2-6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High