VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12956

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.42%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-08-18

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

There is an illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() in basicio.cpp of libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to remote denial of service.

Weakness classification

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory