CVE-2021-29623

LOW

exiv2 < 0.27.4 - Use of Uninitialized Resource via Crafted Image File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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