CVE-2021-37620Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read9 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 9
Latest updateJan 11

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 v0.27.4 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read 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. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

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

NVDexiv2/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+3
CVEListV5exiv2/exiv20.27.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 33, 34

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
exiv2 regression2022-01-11
OSV
exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-08-17
OSV
CVE-2021-37620: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files2021-08-09

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Exiv2 regression2022-01-11
Ubuntu
Exiv2 vulnerabilities2021-08-17
Microsoft
Out-of-bounds read in XmpTextValue::read()2021-08-10
Red Hat
exiv2: out-of-bounds read in XmpTextValue::read()2021-08-08
Debian
CVE-2021-37620: exiv2 - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, ...2021