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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 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
exiv2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11)
focal
Released (0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6)
hirsute
Released (0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5)
impish
Released (0.27.3-3ubuntu4)
jammy
Released (0.27.3-3ubuntu4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766/commits/a35a2fde2dcd940a756feaeb027375b390bd8a06
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766/commits/97c4880882d87aee77809b4b6e8fb4a5558e4ca2
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766/commits/1b204d9b19efcff1acad56737d6483a393e24832
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766/commits/ee8af718983469af5a86f041b58a5f52b1cbad76
upstream: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766/commits/e74d8accc431d9064589bad6cf8f17c30229523d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
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