CVE-2021-34334
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CVE-2021-34334 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Exiv2 | Exiv2 | <= 0.27.4 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 33 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 34 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9pPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9pPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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