Bug 1487207 – CVE-2017-12955 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp

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Bug 1487207 - (CVE-2017-12955) CVE-2017-12955 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp

Summary:	CVE-2017-12955 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-12955

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1475370
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Reported:	2017-08-31 08:39 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-04-30 18:16 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 08:39:28 EDT

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482295

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 08:43:27 EDT

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475370]

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