PT-2021-7718
CVE-2021-37620
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Published
2021-07-11
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Updated
2026-10-01
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier
Description
The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the Exiv2 library, which can be triggered when reading the metadata of a specially crafted image file. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The library is used for managing metadata of image files.
Recommendations
For Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier, update to version v0.27.5 to resolve the issue.
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