Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Exiv2 exiv2
<= 0.27.4affected
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p ↗
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06 ↗