CVE-2021-29463

Name
CVE-2021-29463
Description
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/783b3a6ff15ed6f82a8f8e6c8a6f3b84a9b04d4b
CONFIRM https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p8g-9xf3-gfrr
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3HKXR6JOVKMBE4HY4FDXNVZGNCQG6T3/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDMZTVQAZSMLPTDVDYLBHAAF7I5QXVYQ/
security-advisories@github.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3HKXR6JOVKMBE4HY4FDXNVZGNCQG6T3/
security-advisories@github.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDMZTVQAZSMLPTDVDYLBHAAF7I5QXVYQ/
security-advisories@github.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* exiv2 >= None < 0.27.4

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
exiv2 3.11-main 0.27.2-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
exiv2 3.10-main 0.26-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
exiv2 3.13-community 0.27.3-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed