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 modify 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 deleting the IPTC data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (`-d I rm`). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.
References (5)
Core 5
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/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1790
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-mvc4-g5pv-4qqq
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
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 (3)
exiv2/exiv2
< 0.27.4
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
Published
Aug 09, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026