Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/208

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for exiv2, should affect
only the experimental version (0.26-1).

CVE-2017-17722[0]:
| In Exiv2 0.26, there is a reachable assertion in the readHeader
| function in bigtiffimage.cpp, which will lead to a remote denial of
| service attack via a crafted TIFF file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17722
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17722
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/208

Regards,
Salvatore

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