6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-12956
Exiv2 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Description

There is an illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() in basicio.cpp of libexiv2 in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to remote denial of service.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 18, 2017, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2017, 5:14 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-12956 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-12956 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Exiv2 exiv2
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482296 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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andir/nixos-issue-db-example

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Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-12956 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482296 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482296 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.02%

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0.51359

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