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CVE-2017-14858

Publication date 29 September 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function of types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


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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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H