CVE-2025-54080

Medium

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 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. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductExiv2
PublishedAug 29, 2025
First seenAug 29, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • exiv2 exiv20.28.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exiv2 exiv2v < 0.28.60.28.6
exiv2PyPIv ≤ 0.17.3—

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CVE-2025-54080 · Exiv2 · Dark Radar