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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-16 | Published 2025-08-29 | Updated 2025-08-29 | Assigner GitHub_M




LOW: 1.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

< 0.28.6
affected

References

github.com/.../exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-496f-x7cq-cq39

github.com/...ommit/e737332427711f15bcdc4e903203d6b7493eaec0

cve.org (CVE-2025-54080)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-54080)

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