CVE-2017-18233

exempi: Infinite Loop in Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 11, 2017

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. Integer overflow in the Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .avi file.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of exempi as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as they did not include the vulnerable code.

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