CVE-2025-55304

LOW EPSS 13.2%
Published Aug 29, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
1.8 CVSS 4.0
Low
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Published Aug 29, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

CVSS Details

Base Score
1.8
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction A
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-407

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
exiv2exiv2* <0.28.6

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345
    Patch