CVE-2017-14858

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14858 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Exiv2::l2Data function of Exiv2 version 0.26, which can lead to a denial of service attack. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that an attacker could trigger it through local access and user interaction with a crafted input. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		0.26CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.83%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

53.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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-2017-14858Low

exiv2: Heap-buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function

Sep 23, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

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