CVE-2017-12957

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Published 2017-08-18 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that is triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function in image.cpp. It will lead to remote denial of service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12957

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12957.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	sid	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
exiv2	exiv2	`0.26`

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482423
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12957.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12957

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.