UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14859

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14859

    Published: 28 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14859
    Aliases:
    USN-3852-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14859, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14859

    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
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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