ghsa-38h4-fx85-qcx7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-02-21 23:53
Modified
2025-02-21 23:53
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Exiv2 allows Use After Free
Details

Impact

A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.0 to v0.28.4. Versions prior to v0.28.0, such as v0.27.7, are not affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file.

Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as fixiso.

Patches

The bug is fixed in version v0.28.5.

References

Issue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3168 Fix: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3174

For more information

Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.

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        "name": "Exiv2"
      },
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          "events": [
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            },
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            }
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-26623"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-02-21T23:53:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-18T20:15:33Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nA heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.0 to v0.28.4. Versions prior to v0.28.0, such as v0.27.7, are **not** affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file.\n\nNote that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as `fixiso`.\n\n### Patches\nThe bug is fixed in version v0.28.5.\n\n### References\nIssue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3168\nFix: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3174\n\n### For more information\nPlease see our [security policy](https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policy) for information about Exiv2 security.",
  "id": "GHSA-38h4-fx85-qcx7",
  "modified": "2025-02-21T23:53:03Z",
  "published": "2025-02-21T23:53:03Z",
  "references": [
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/python-exiv2/commit/4cc875e392f9e0bc705fe03d929b9a382b78dae4"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Exiv2 allows Use After Free"
}


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