CVE-2021-37615

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A null pointer dereference was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The null pointer dereference is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print 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. Note that this bug is only triggered when printing the interpreted (translated) data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (-p t or -P t). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.098

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool (USN-5043-1) libexiv2-14_0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11_i386.deb	Linux
EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool (USN-5043-1) libexiv2-14_0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11_amd64.deb	Linux
EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool (USN-5043-1) libexiv2-27_0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb	Linux
EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool (USN-5043-1) libexiv2-27_0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234