CVE-2019-17402
exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 6, 2019
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
An out of bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the way exiv2 parses Canon raw format (CRW) images. An application that uses exiv2 library to parse untrusted images may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could be used by an attacker to extract data from the application's memory or make it crash. The biggest threat with this vulnerability is availability of the system.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read