CVE-2026-8814

MEDIUM EPSS 36.8%
Published May 19, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published May 19, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Versions of the package exifreader before 4.39.0 are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) due to decompressing PNG zTXt metadata without enforcing a built-in maximum decompressed output size. When asynchronous parsing is enabled, a crafted PNG file containing a highly compressed zTXt chunk can cause ExifReader to materialize a disproportionately large Comment value in memory.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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 Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
36.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-409

References 3

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/yuki-matsuhashi/cad1a45d936062438b4ab24613c34c55
  • github.com https://github.com/mattiasw/ExifReader/commit/5f116128adc19f674902f8bf582bfe7dd0a36375
  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-EXIFREADER-16689340

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.