Description
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
exiv2/exiv2
< 0.27.4
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
Published
Aug 09, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026