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Vulnerability CVE-2021-34334
Published: 2021-08-09
| Description: |
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. |
Type:
CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
4.3/10 |
2.9/10 |
8.6/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Medium |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
None |
None |
Partial |
References: |
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p
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