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CVE-2017-17669
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-13T22:29:00.237 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:11:28.137

Summary

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Affected products

exiv2 — exiv2

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References

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