Exiv2 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 read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 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. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

The remote Fedora 41 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-e5ab9a2288 advisory.

    Update to exiv2-0.28.7, fixes CVE-2025-54080 and CVE-2025-55304.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-99df814c62 advisory.

    Update to exiv2-0.28.7, fixes CVE-2025-54080 and CVE-2025-55304.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-c23727e694 advisory.

    Exiv2 0.28.6 + patch to fix silent abi breakage

    ----

    Exiv2 v0.28.6 (Fixes two low severity CVEs)



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 84a77710-8958-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413 advisory.

    Kevin Backhouse reports:
    An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.5 and earlier.
              Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing,               deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. 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 delete.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-e1ae3d4ed9 advisory.

    Exiv2 0.28.6 + patch to fix silent abi breakage

    ----

    Exiv2 v0.28.6 (Fixes two low severity CVEs)



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Exiv2 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 read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 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. The bug is fixed     in version 0.28.6. (CVE-2025-54080)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-387e64c9fd advisory.

    Exiv2 0.28.6 + patch to fix silent abi breakage

    ----

    Exiv2 v0.28.6 (Fixes two low severity CVEs)


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
271171	Fedora 41 : inih / mingw-exiv2 (2025-e5ab9a2288)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
270556	Fedora 42 : inih / mingw-exiv2 (2025-99df814c62)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
264844	Fedora 43 : exiv2 (2025-c23727e694)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
261418	FreeBSD : exiv2 -- Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() (84a77710-8958-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	low
261222	Fedora 41 : exiv2 (2025-e1ae3d4ed9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
260733	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-54080	Nessus	Misc.	low
260148	Fedora 42 : exiv2 (2025-387e64c9fd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low

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