CVE-2017-11338

exiv2: Infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 14, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')