CVE catalog
CVE-2017-12955
exiv2: CVE-2017-12955
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.68% · Oct 27, 2026
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exiv2 | sid | 0.28.9+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | exiv2 | forky | 0.28.9+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | exiv2 | trixie | 0.28.5+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | exiv2 | bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | exiv2 | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | exiv2 | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [exiv2]Not affected
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- [libexiv2-27]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- [libexiv2-dev]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
0.27.6-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- [libexiv2-doc]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
0.27.6-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
0.27.6-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_1882-1.json]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12955]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-12955.json]
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