UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11591

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11591

    Published: 23 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11591
    Aliases:
    USN-3852-1

    Summary:

    Details: There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11591, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11591

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.23-1ubuntu2.2

    Affected versions

    0.23-1ubuntu1

    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