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CVE-2017-14864

Publication date 28 September 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.25-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.23-1ubuntu2.2

Notes

mdeslaur

same commits as CVE-2017-14859

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3852-1
    • Exiv2 vulnerabilities
    • 10 January 2019

Other references