[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#888865: exiv2: CVE-2017-14865

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/134

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for exiv2, only affecting
the experimental version.

CVE-2017-14865[0]:
| There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::us2Data function of
| types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of
| service attack.

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-2017-14865
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14865
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/134

Regards,
Salvatore