CVE catalog

CVE-2017-17725

exiv2: CVE-2017-17725

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Dec 12, 2017, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.80% · Oct 27, 2026

In Exiv2 0.26, there is an integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::getULong function in types.cpp. Remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file. Note that this vulnerability is different from CVE-2017-14864, which is an invalid memory address dereference.

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
Opensuse	exiv2	tumbleweed	`0.27.5-8.1`	fixed

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
Opensuse	exiv2	rpm	tumbleweed	`0.27.5-8.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12548-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[exiv2-lang]Unknown
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (1)
- 0.28.8-2.3 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.27.5-8.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · exiv2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libexiv2-28]Unknown
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (1)
- 0.28.8-2.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.27.5-8.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · exiv2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3]Unknown
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (1)
- 0.28.8-2.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.27.5-8.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · exiv2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libexiv2-devel]Unknown
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (1)
- 0.28.8-2.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 0.27.5-8.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · exiv2 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[exiv2]Fixed
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (1)
- 0.28.8-2.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.27.5-8.1
  dsa · exiv2 · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[exiv2]Not affected
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
[libexiv2-27]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
[libexiv2-dev]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- 0.27.6-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
[libexiv2-doc]Not affected
Source package: [exiv2]
Details (2)
- 0.27.6-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm
- 0.27.6-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · exiv2 · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:28:03 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]