CVE-2021-29470Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 23
Latest updateMay 10

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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 tr

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.5-1 (bookworm)
Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.3-3+deb11u2+3
Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.7+2
NVDexiv2/exiv20.27.3

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-05-10
OSV
CVE-2021-29470: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files2021-04-23

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-05-10
Red Hat
exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header2021-04-23
Microsoft
Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header2021-04-13
Debian
CVE-2021-29470: exiv2 - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, ...2021