[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#888866: exiv2: CVE-2017-14863

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/132

Hi,

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

CVE-2017-14863[0]:
| A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in
| Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure in image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The
| vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which
| leads to denial of service.

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-2017-14863
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14863
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/132

Regards,
Salvatore