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CVE-2017-17724

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17724 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in Exiv2 version 0.26, specifically within the Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted TIFF file. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: exiv2-0:0.27.0-2.el7_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17724Low

exiv2: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure in src/iptc.cpp

Dec 10, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2101
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
github.com / xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-14