CVE-2021-29473
An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- exiv2/exiv2 · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-7569-phvm-vwc2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policyRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/github/advisory-review/pull/1587Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWZLDECIXXW3CCZ3RS4A3NG5X5VE4WZM/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBKWLTXM7IKZ4PVGKLUQVAVFAYGGF7QR/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-7569-phvm-vwc2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policyRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/github/advisory-review/pull/1587Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWZLDECIXXW3CCZ3RS4A3NG5X5VE4WZM/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBKWLTXM7IKZ4PVGKLUQVAVFAYGGF7QR/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.