CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
44.7%
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The assertion failure is triggered when Exiv2 is used to modify 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 modifying 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 fi
. ### Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5. ### References Regression test and bug fix: #1739 ### For more information Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine | edge-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.14-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.15-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.16-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.17-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.18-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.19-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.20-community | noarch | exiv2 | < 0.27.5-r0 | UNKNOWN |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
44.7%