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SCA: security update for Exiv2 (GHSA-38h4-fx85-qcx7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420943

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and
 ICC image metadata. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.0 to v0.28.4. Versions prior
 to v0.28.0, such as v0.27.7, are **not** affected. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for
 reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The heap overflow is triggered when
 Exiv2 is used to write metadata into 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. 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 `fixiso`. The bug is fixed in version
 v0.28.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
 (CVE-2025-26623)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38h4-fx85-qcx7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420943

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26623

cwe: CWE-416