CVE-2021-37623

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37623
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-37623.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-37623
Aliases
  • GHSA-mvc4-g5pv-4qqq
Related
Published
2021-08-09T18:15:07Z
Modified
2024-09-11T04:57:07.021317Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to modify 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. Note that this bug is only triggered when deleting the IPTC data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (-d I rm). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.3-3+deb11u2

Affected versions

0.*

0.27.3-3
0.27.3-3+deb11u1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / exiv2

Package

Name
exiv2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}