Medium
Security advisory
Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related to crafted metadata in a TIFF file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-18005
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related to crafted metadata in a TIFF file.
osv:CVE-2017-18005
Complete source record
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"references": [
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