CVE-2017-14861 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted input triggers stack consumption in Exiv2, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-14861?
CVE-2017-14861 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Exiv2 Exiv2, published on 28 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Exiv2 Exiv2.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Exiv2 Exiv2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hp87-xp5p-wrfm.