Exiv2 0.26 contains a stack out of bounds read in JPEG2000 parser

published 2017-11-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0031

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 2

suse opensuse

exiv2 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.27.5-150400.15.4.1
exiv2-0_26 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.26-150400.9.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3889-1

exiv2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.27.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10747-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000128 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 3.3

exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in JPEG2000 parser

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 exiv2, exiv2-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 exiv2, exiv2-libs
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/06/30/1
mailing-list, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-1000128
NVD CVE-2017-1000128

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Summary