Bug 1545237 (CVE-2017-17724) - CVE-2017-17724 exiv2: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure in src/iptc.cpp
Summary: CVE-2017-17724 exiv2: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-17724
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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: CVE-2018-9146 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 1545238 1547658 1547668 1554414
Blocks: 1545252
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-14 13:03 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:49 UTC (History)
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An integer underflow, leading to heap-based out-of-bound read, was found in the way Exiv2 library prints IPTC Photo Metadata embedded in an image. By persuading a victim to open a crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application or possibly retrieve a portion of memory.
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 19:18:22 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2101 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:14:30 UTC

Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 13:03:21 UTC 
A flaw was found in Exiv2 0.26. There is a integer underflow, leading to a
heap-based buffer over-read, in the Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure function in
iptc.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of
service via a crafted TIFF file or, possibly, disclose memory data.


References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524107
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/210
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 13:03:49 UTC 
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1545238]
Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2018-02-22 08:35:06 UTC 
Introduced by:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/bdf8d3ad5b7275b10eef3a0e3a713859cb3f6c2f
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/6e19d043efcf8425fdd08cd8a856d1c46528cf10
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/09c734fbcd98b3ae880a90d669569c95242f477e
Comment 6 Riccardo Schirone 2018-02-22 09:09:18 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include support for printing IPTC Photo Metadata.
Comment 9 Riccardo Schirone 2018-04-23 07:32:02 UTC 
*** Bug 1564284 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:14:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2101 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
Comment 11 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 19:18:22 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17724
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