Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-11337 is a memory-management flaw in Exiv2 0.26. A specially crafted input can cause the library to crash, creating a remote denial-of-service risk for systems that process untrusted image metadata. The public record does not provide a CVSS score, confirmed exploitation, or a named patch in the supplied sources.
Executive priority
Treat as a service-availability issue. Prioritize internet-facing or customer-upload workflows first, especially where image processing is business critical. Urgency is lower than code execution flaws, but unresolved exposure can still cause outages.
Technical view
The issue is an invalid free in Action::TaskFactory::cleanup in actions.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The CVE description states crafted input can lead to remote denial of service. Supplied metadata does not identify CWE, CPEs, downstream affected products, or fixed versions.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Exiv2 0.26 is used to parse metadata from user-supplied or externally sourced media files, including upload pipelines, asset processing, and content management workflows. Product impact beyond Exiv2 is not identified in the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The CVE record describes crafted input causing remote denial of service. CISA KEV is false in the supplied bundle, and no cited source confirms active exploitation. No exploit details should be inferred from the limited public record.
Researcher notes
The source bundle is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPE, fixed version, or patch details are included. Analysis should stay anchored to Exiv2 0.26 and remote denial of service until vendor or distro advisories provide more detail.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory systems and applications using Exiv2 0.26.
- Check Exiv2, operating system, and distribution advisories for fixed packages or vendor guidance.
- Reduce exposure of metadata parsing to untrusted files where feasible.
- Run media parsing in isolated, resource-limited processing components.
- Monitor affected services for crashes tied to metadata processing.
Validation and detection
- Check package manifests, SBOMs, and runtime images for Exiv2 0.26.
- Identify services that parse externally supplied image metadata.
- Review crash reports for Exiv2 or actions.cpp related failures.
- Confirm whether vendor or distro packages include a fix.
- Verify compensating controls around untrusted media processing.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470737CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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