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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37619

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37619 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 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. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11exiv20.27.3-3+deb11u1, 0.27.3-3, 0
Debian:13exiv20, 0, 0
Debian:14exiv20, 0, 0
Debian:12exiv20, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 9, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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