exiv2: CVE-2017-14861: stack-overflow vulnerability in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat[abi:cxx11] (in image.cpp:975)

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-14861  

Debian Bug report logs - #880027
exiv2: CVE-2017-14861: stack-overflow vulnerability in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat[abi:cxx11] (in image.cpp:975)

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 15:48:01 UTC

Severity: grave

Tags: fixed-upstream, security, upstream

Found in version exiv2/0.26-1

Forwarded to https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/139

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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: exiv2: CVE-2017-14861: stack-overflow vulnerability in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat[abi:cxx11] (in image.cpp:975)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:45:53 +0200
Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/139

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2017-14861[0]:
| There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the
| Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A
| Crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14861
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14861
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/139

Regards,
Salvatore



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