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vulnerabilityCVE-2021-29623
Name
CVE-2021-29623
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
exiv2
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


3.6
CVSSv31
3.3
CVSSv31
4.3
CVSSv2

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
0.28.8
Not Affected
buildroot
master
0.28.8
Not Affected
yocto
master
0.28.8
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
0.28.3
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


exiv2 (yocto:kirkstone)

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Title
Author
Resolve
1
Use readOrThrow to check error conditions of iIo.read().
Kevin Backhouse <kevinbackhouse@github.com>
CVE-2021-29623