CVE-2022-24613

MEDIUM

metadata-extractor <2.16.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a specially crafted JPEG file, which could result in an application crash. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

References (1)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/issues/561

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-755

Status published

Affected Products (2)

metadata-extractor_project/metadata-extractor < 2.18.0

com.drewnoakes/metadata-extractor < 2.18.0Maven

Timeline

Published Feb 24, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026