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CVE-2021-37623

2021-08-0900:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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exiv2
infinite loop
denial of service
crafted image
metadata vulnerability

CVSS2

4.3

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

5.5

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

33.8%

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing,
deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop was
found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The infinite loop 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 deleting the IPTC data,
which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra
command line option (-d I rm). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Notes

Author Note
leosilva bionic, xenial not affected , code not present.
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchexiv2< 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.04noarchexiv2< 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.10noarchexiv2< 0.27.3-3ubuntu4UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchexiv2< 0.27.3-3ubuntu4UNKNOWN

CVSS2

4.3

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

5.5

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

33.8%