CVE-2025-55304

low

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.

References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-29

Updated: 2025-09-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 1.8

Vector: 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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00014