CVE-2021-29473Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
2.5LOWNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 25

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 v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. 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 servi

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages7 packages

NVDexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.4
debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.5-1 (bookworm)
Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.3-3+deb11u2+3
Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.9+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Fedora 33, 34

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-05-25
OSV
CVE-2021-29473: Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata2021-04-26

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-05-25
Red Hat
exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::doWriteMetadata2021-04-25
Microsoft
Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::doWriteMetadata2021-04-13
Debian
CVE-2021-29473: exiv2 - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and mod...2021