CVE-2021-34334
Published: 9 August 2021
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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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exiv2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11)
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| focal |
Released
(0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6)
|
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| hirsute |
Released
(0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5)
|
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| impish |
Released
(0.27.3-3ubuntu4)
|
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| jammy |
Released
(0.27.3-3ubuntu4)
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Released
(0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4)
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