The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-017625 advisory.

    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 v0.27.3 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for     information about Exiv2 security.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux 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 Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0215 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2020-18898:
    A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.

    CVE-2021-29458:
    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

    CVE-2021-29463:
    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

    CVE-2021-29464:
    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. 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 `insert`. The bug is     fixed in version v0.27.4.

    CVE-2021-29470:
    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

    CVE-2021-29473:
    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 v0.27.3 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for     information about Exiv2 security.

    CVE-2021-29623:
    Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and     ICC image metadata. A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2     is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of     image files. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a     crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack     memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in     version v0.27.4.

    CVE-2021-32617:
    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An inefficient algorithm (quadratic complexity) was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and     earlier. The inefficient algorithm 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, if they can     trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. 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 `rm`.

    CVE-2021-3482:
    A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the     rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow     via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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 MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-2752:04 advisory.

    * exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Jp2Image::readMetadata() (CVE-2021-3482)
      * exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::Jp2Image::doWriteMetadata (CVE-2021-29457)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::CrwMap::encode (CVE-2021-29458)
      * exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (CVE-2021-29464)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (CVE-2021-29470)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::doWriteMetadata (CVE-2021-29473)
      * exiv2: Integer overflow in CrwMap:encode0x1810 leading to heap-based buffer overflow and DoS     (CVE-2021-31292)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::WebPImage::doWriteMetadata (CVE-2021-29463)
      * exiv2: Use of uninitialized memory in isWebPType() may lead to information leak (CVE-2021-29623)
      * exiv2: DoS due to quadratic complexity in ProcessUTF8Portion (CVE-2021-32617)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::printStructure (CVE-2021-37618)
      * exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (CVE-2021-37619)

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

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

According to the versions of the exiv2 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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 v0.27.3 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for     information about Exiv2 security.(CVE-2021-29473)

    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An inefficient algorithm (quadratic complexity) was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and     earlier. The inefficient algorithm 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, if they can     trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. 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 `rm`.(CVE-2021-32617)

    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.(CVE-2021-29458)

    A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp of Exiv2 0.27.3 allows attackers to cause a     denial of service (DOS) via crafted metadata.(CVE-2021-31291)

    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. 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 `insert`. The bug is     fixed in version v0.27.4.(CVE-2021-29457)

    An integer overflow in CrwMap::encode0x1810 of Exiv2 0.27.3 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based     buffer overflow and cause a denial of service (DOS) via crafted metadata.(CVE-2021-31292)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS exiv2 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 Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2750 advisory.

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2, a C++ library and a command line utility to manage     image metadata which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed     file is parsed. For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 0.25-3.1+deb9u3. We     recommend that you upgrade your exiv2 packages. For the detailed security status of exiv2 please refer to     its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/exiv2 Further information about     Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions     can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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 AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4173 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the     rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow     via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data. (CVE-2021-3482)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. 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 `insert`. The bug is     fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29457)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29458, CVE-2021-29470)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29463)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. 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 `insert`. The bug is     fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29464)

  - 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 v0.27.3 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for     information about Exiv2 security. (CVE-2021-29473)

  - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and     ICC image metadata. A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2     is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of     image files. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a     crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack     memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in     version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29623)

  - An integer overflow in CrwMap::encode0x1810 of Exiv2 0.27.3 allows attackers to trigger a heap-based     buffer overflow and cause a denial of service (DOS) via crafted metadata. (CVE-2021-31292)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An inefficient algorithm (quadratic complexity) was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and     earlier. The inefficient algorithm 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, if they can     trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. 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 `rm`. (CVE-2021-32617)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The out-of-bounds     read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could     potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into     running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when printing the image ICC     profile, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (`-p     C`). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5. (CVE-2021-37618)

  - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata     of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 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. For example, to     trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such     as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5. (CVE-2021-37619)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2019-13110: Fixed an integer-overflow and out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory:readDirectory leads to     denail of service (bsc#1142678).
    - CVE-2019-13109: Fixed a denial of service in PngImage:readMetadata (bsc#1142677).
    - CVE-2018-17581: Fixed an excessive stack consumption CiffDirectory:readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp     (bsc#1110282).
    - CVE-2017-11591: Fixed a floating point exception in Exiv2::ValueType (bsc#1050257).
    - CVE-2019-17402: Fixed an improper validation of the total size to the offset and size leads to a crash     in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp (bsc#1153577).
    - CVE-2021-32815: Fixed a deny-of-service due to assertion failure in crwimage_int.cpp (bsc#1189337).
    - CVE-2018-20097: Fixed SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroupsu (bsc#1119562).
    - CVE-2021-29473: Fixed out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image:doWriteMetadata (bsc#1186231).
    - CVE-2018-20098: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (bsc#1119560).
    - CVE-2018-11531: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp (bsc#1095070).
    - CVE-2018-20099: exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (bsc#1119559).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 v0.27.3 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 `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. Please see our security policy for     information about Exiv2 security. (CVE-2021-29473)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
313843	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: exiv2 (UTSA-2026-017625)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	5/11/2026	5/11/2026	low
236265	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0215: exiv2 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0215)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	5/14/2025	5/14/2025	high
294742	MiracleLinux 8 : exiv2-0.27.4-5.el8 (AXSA:2021-2752:04)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/20/2026	1/20/2026	high
154372	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2579)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	10/25/2021	9/25/2025	high
152899	Debian DLA-2750-1 : exiv2 - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/30/2021	9/24/2025	high
157702	AlmaLinux 8 : exiv2 (ALSA-2021:4173)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2/9/2022	11/10/2023	high
168309	SUSE SLED15: exiv2 / exiv2-lang / libexiv2-26 / libexiv2-26-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/30/2022	6/26/2026	critical
223762	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-29473	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/1/2026	low

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