Vulnerabilites related to ExifTool - ExifTool
cve-2021-22204
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-23 17:22
Modified
2025-02-06 19:50
Summary
Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image
References
https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/cf0f4e7dcd024ca99615bfd1102a841a25dde031#diff-fa0d652d10dbcd246e6b1df16c1e992931d3bb717a7e36157596b76bdadb3800x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1154542x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22204.jsonx_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4910vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4RF6PJCJ6NQOVJJJF6HN6BORUQVIXY6/vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDKDLJLBTBBR66OOPXSXCG2PQRM5KCZL/vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F6UOBPU3LSHAPRRJNISNVXZ5DSUIALLV/vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/1mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/10/5mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162558/ExifTool-DjVu-ANT-Perl-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00018.htmlmailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164768/GitLab-Unauthenticated-Remote-ExifTool-Command-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164994/GitLab-13.10.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167038/ExifTool-12.23-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ExifTool ExifTool Version: >=7.44, <12.24
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