Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-12955

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.

  • Published: Aug 18, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-12955
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
exiv2 / exiv2 0.26 0.26.x