CVE-2017-9239 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Exiv2 versions 0.26 and earlier, including its use in Canonical Ubuntu Linux. It involves a segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage when processing a specially crafted TIFF file with an incorrect IFD data structure. Successful exploitation requires user interaction to open the malicious file, leading to a denial-of-service condition (system crash) with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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