Bug 1526052 (CVE-2017-17669) - CVE-2017-17669 exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp
Summary: CVE-2017-17669 exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::keyTXTChunk fu...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-17669
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1526053
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-14 17:07 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:34:21 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 17:07:35 UTC 
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/187
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 17:08:03 UTC 
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1526053]
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