CVE-2026-7580
A vulnerability was detected in Exiftool up to 13.53.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability was detected in Exiftool up to 13.53. Impacted is the function Process_mrld of the file lib/Image/ExifTool/GM.pm of the component JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4. The manipulation of the argument -ee results in code injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 13.54 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is identified as 5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The fix in the source code mentions: "[J]ust to be safe, probably never happen".
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-94
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01#diff-5a95c56c6f98f0aa538233fd81bb9967154f3e9ebd4126a98dfb126c4c5629a4
- https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/13.54
- https://vuldb.com/submit/800049
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360421
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360421/cti
- https://youtu.be/WktMPapQxlM
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.