VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17669

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references