CVE-2017-11591
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 0.27.1-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.27.2-6 |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 18.10 | affected | |
| debian | 10.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| exiv2 | exiv2 | 0.26 | |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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