CVE-2021-37615

MEDIUM

Exiv2 < 0.27.4 - Denial of Service via Crafted Image Metadata

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A null pointer dereference was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The null pointer dereference is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print 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. Note that this bug is only triggered when printing the interpreted (translated) data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (`-p t` or `-P t`). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (3)
exiv2/exiv2 < 0.27.4
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
Published Aug 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026