Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2021
CVE-2021-29458
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files
5.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 v0.27.3 and earlier. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EX
Exiv2 · Exiv2
before 0.27.4 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29458
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29458
Exploit
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1530
Patch
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1536
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-57jj-75fm-9rq5
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/
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