CVE-2017-17722

exiv2: reachable assertion in the readHeader function in bigtiffimage.cpp

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 10, 2017

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A reachable assertion was found in Exiv2 while reading the header of a BigTIFF image. By persuading a victim to open a crafted BigTIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the application.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Exiv2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include support for BigTIFF images.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion