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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-37620

An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.05%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read 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.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.05% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
exiv2/exiv2 · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
security-advisories@github.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.