vulnerability

Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-17723: exiv2 security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 12, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2019
Modified
Apr 1, 2026

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Image::byteSwap4 function in image.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose memory data or cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file.

Solution

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-exiv2-libs
Title
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