CVE-2021-37620
Exiv2 Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
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 read 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. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 9, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 22, 2023, 10:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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CVE-2021-37620
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.27.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.27.5 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 10, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 20, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FMDT4PJB7P43WSOM3TRQIY3J33BAFVVE/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UYGDELIFFJWKUU7SO3QATCIXCZJERGAC/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1769 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1769 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-v5g7-46xf-h728 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-v5g7-46xf-h728 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-125 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.27.4
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.36783
percentile