CVE-2021-29458CWE-125

Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::CrwMap::encode

published April 19, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
75.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing 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 insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01568 · 75.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2021-04-19T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 APR 00:00Z
    Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::CrwMap::encode
    cvelistv5