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CVE-2017-11337

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11337 describes an invalid free vulnerability in Exiv2 version 0.26, specifically within the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup function. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted input. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no special privileges required, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: exiv2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: exiv2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11337Low

exiv2: Invalid free in the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup

Jul 13, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking