CVE-2021-32815 — Reachable Assertion in Exiv2

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Debian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 9
Latest updateAug 17

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The assertion failure 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 modifying the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation th…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5exiv2/exiv2< 0.27.5
▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.27.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.27.3-3+deb11u2+3
▶Ubuntuexiv2/exiv2< 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11+2
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.27.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 33, 34

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2021-08-17
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OSV
CVE-2021-32815: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files↗2021-08-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities↗2021-08-17
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Microsoft
Denial of service due to assertion failure in crwimage_int.cpp↗2021-08-10
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Red Hat
exiv2: DoS due to assertion failure in crwimage_int.cpp↗2021-08-08
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Debian
CVE-2021-32815: exiv2 - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, ...↗2021
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