Exiv2 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability Affects v0.28.1, Fix in v0.28.2
CVE-2024-25112

5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Exiv2

Status
exiv2
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 February 2024

What is CVE-2024-25112?

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 is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

exiv2 >= 0.28.0 < 0.28.2

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-c...
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https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/2337
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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