CVE-2021-37619CWE-125

Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header

Medium · published August 9, 2021

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.0
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 v0.27.4 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 v0.27.5.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00984 · 62.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2021-08-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 AUG 00:00Z
    Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header
    cvelistv5