CVE-2023-44398

Summary

CVECVE-2023-44398
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-06 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-14 17:10:00 UTC
DescriptionExiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds write was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.0. The vulnerable function, `BmffImage::brotliUncompress`, is new in v0.28.0, so earlier versions of Exiv2 are _not_ affected. The out-of-bounds write is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exiv2 Exiv2 0.28.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Out-of-bounds write in BmffImage::brotliUncompress · Advisory · Exiv2/exiv2 · GitHub MISC github.com
Merge pull request from GHSA-hrw9-ggg3-3r4r · Exiv2/exiv2@e884a09 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 506048 Alpine Linux Security Update for exiv2
  • 710810 Gentoo Linux Exiv2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-06)
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