CVE-2017-14862 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14862?

CVE-2017-14862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14862?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Exiv2 Exiv2.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14862?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-14862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14862, GHSA-h9fc-xh5j-xxw8, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14862.