[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#888873: exiv2: CVE-2017-12955

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/58

Hi,

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

CVE-2017-12955[0]:
| There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The
| vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in
| Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of
| service or possibly unspecified other impact.

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-2017-12955
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12955
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/58

Regards,
Salvatore