UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9239

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9239

    Published: 26 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9239
    Aliases:
    USN-3852-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9239, https://github.com/lolo-pop/poc/tree/master/Segmentation%20fault%20in%20convert-test(exiv2), https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9239

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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