Bug 1500319 – CVE-2017-14863 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function

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Bug 1500319 - (CVE-2017-14863) CVE-2017-14863 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function

Summary:	CVE-2017-14863 exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDS...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-14863

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:	2017-10-10 07:45 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-04-30 18:16 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 07:45:11 EDT

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure in image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494443

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 07:45:46 EDT

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475370]

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