CVE-2021-34334

Publication date 9 August 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exiv2 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu4
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu4
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H