CVE-2021-29623
LOWexiv2 < 0.27.4 - Use of Uninitialized Resource via Crafted Image File
Title source: llmDescription
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5I3RRZUGSBIUYZ5TIHLN55PKMAWCSJ5G/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2BPQNJKTRIDINTVJ22QMMTIZEPHVKXK/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQAKFIQHW2AS3AGSJM42ABOA6CWIJBGM/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZ5SGWHK64TB7ADRSVBGHEPDFN5CSOO3/
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1627
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-6253-qjwm-3q4v
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
Scores
CVSS v3
3.6
EPSS
0.0110
EPSS Percentile
61.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (3)
exiv2/exiv2
< 0.27.4
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
Published
May 13, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026