CVE-2026-27596 | THREATINT

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2. The vulnerability is in the preview component, which is only triggered when running Exiv2 with an extra command line argument, like -pp. The out-of-bounds read is at a 4GB offset, which usually causes Exiv2 to crash. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-20 | Published 2026-03-02 | Updated 2026-03-02 | Assigner GitHub_M

LOW: 2.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Problem types

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Product status

< 0.28.8

affected

References

github.com/.../exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-3wgv-fg4w-75x7

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3511

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3512

github.com/...ommit/eaa9e21aabe06b3f91cfe66686f5ebc3ca3c0ed4

cve.org (CVE-2026-27596)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-27596)

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