CVE-2021-34334

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductExiv2
PublishedAug 9, 2021
First seenAug 9, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-835CWE-835

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exiv2 exiv2v ≤ 0.27.4—
fedoraproject fedora33, 34—
debian debian_linux10.0—

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