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CVE-2025-55304

CVE-2025-55304 · Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

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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. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

CVSS 1.8 · Low · EPSS 0.3% · Fix available

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Updated

Stack: system · python

Affected products and versions

  • exiv2

    Versions
    • < 0.28.6: Affected

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Debian:12

    Versions
    • 0.27.6-1
    • 0.28.0+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.0+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.0+dfsg-3
    • 0.28.0+dfsg-4
    • 0.28.1+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.1+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.1+dfsg-3
    • 0.28.2+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.3+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.3+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.4+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.4+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.7+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.7+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.8+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.9+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Debian:13

    Versions
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.7+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.7+dfsg-2
    • 0.28.8+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.9+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Debian:14

    Versions
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.7+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.28.7+dfsg-2

    Update to 0.28.7+dfsg-2

  • exiv2 PyPI

    Versions
    • 0.1
    • 0.11.0
    • 0.11.1
    • 0.11.2
    • 0.11.3
    • 0.12.0
    • 0.12.1
    • 0.13.0
    • 0.13.1
    • 0.13.2
    • 0.14.0
    • 0.14.1
    • 0.15.0
    • 0.16.0
    • 0.16.1
    • 0.16.2
    • 0.16.2.post1
    • 0.16.3
    • 0.16.3.post1
    • 0.17.0
    • 0.17.1
    • 0.17.2
    • 0.17.3
    • 0.2
    • 0.3
    • 0.3.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: ≤ 0.17.3

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.25-4ubuntu2
    • 0.25-4ubuntu3
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm1
    • 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.27.3-3ubuntu4
    • 0.27.3-3.1ubuntu1
    • 0.27.5-1ubuntu1
    • 0.27.5-3ubuntu1
    • 0.27.5-3ubuntu1.1
    • 0.27.5-3ubuntu1.3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.27.6-1
    • 0.27.6-1build1
    • 0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1
    • 0.27.6-1ubuntu0.3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • exiv2 Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
    • 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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