cve-2021-34334
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 00:05
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop 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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9pPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9pPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
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