Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-17722 - Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Exiv2 0.26

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL

Summary

In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Exiv2
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)