CVE-2021-37621

MEDIUM

Exiv2 < 0.27.4 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The infinite loop 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 image ICC profile, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (`-p C`). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.6%
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