Description
There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
Published: 2017-07-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1147-1 exiv2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3265-1 exiv2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0038 There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3852-1 Exiv2 vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00313}

epss

{'score': 0.00491}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Exiv2 Exiv2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.459Z

Reserved: 2017-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11591

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-24T01:29:00.630

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11591

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11591 - Bugzilla

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