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01 Record

CVE-2017-14861

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 61.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-09-28 07:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 19:42Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-09-28
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
  • CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
78f8bc595be58555604bb6d1280e1ddd0a2a2a8c864a7f5ef9d47885065fc4bd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
exiv2exiv2Not specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References