The vulnerability of the `Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory` function in the `tiffvisitor.cpp` file of the Exiv2 media metadata management library, related to the insufficient use of the `assert()` function, allows a malicious actor to cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in the tiffvisitor.cpp file of the Exiv2 media metadata management library is related to the insufficient use of the assert function. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause service failures...

Exiv2 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Exiv2 is a set of C++ libraries and command line applications for managing image metadata by software developer Andreas Huggel. A security vulnerability exists in the 'Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory' function of the tiffvisitor.cpp file in Exiv2 version 0.26. A remote attacker can exploit...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11683

There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input...