CVE-2024-25112 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Exiv2

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Exiv2Debian Exiv2Msrc Azl3 Exiv2 0.28.3-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateOct 17

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug i…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶PyPIexiv2/exiv20.16.0 — 0.16.1
▶debiandebian/exiv2< exiv2 0.28.3+dfsg-2 (forky)
▶Debianexiv2/exiv2< 0.28.3+dfsg-2+1
▶CVEListV5exiv2/exiv2>= 0.28.0 < 0.28.2
▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.28.0, 0.28.1+1

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder↗2024-10-17
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OSV
Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder↗2024-10-17
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OSV
CVE-2024-25112: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files↗2024-02-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
Exiv2: Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder↗2024-02-13
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Microsoft
Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2↗2024-02-13
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Debian
CVE-2024-25112: exiv2 - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, ...↗2024
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