CVE-2025-54080

MEDIUM

Exiv2 < 0.28.6 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
exiv2/exiv2 < 0.28.6
pypi/Exiv2 0PyPI
Published Aug 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026