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Alpine: exiftool, multiple perl-image-exiftool packages: security update to 12.24-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406286

Description

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

 - Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows
 arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image (CVE-2021-22204)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-22204

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406286

Version: Revision 1.47

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/1/2021

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ExifTool DjVu ANT Perl injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22204