Name: CVE-2017-12955: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12955, CWE-119, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.01121

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Aug 17, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade libexiv2-docUpgrade libexiv2-26-32bitUpgrade exiv2-langUpgrade exiv2Upgrade libexiv2-26Upgrade libexiv2-devel	Jul 17, 2018	Aug 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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