CVE-2021-34334

Name	CVE-2021-34334
Description	Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-3265-1
Debian Bugs	992706

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
exiv2 (PTS)	bullseye	0.27.3-3+deb11u2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	0.27.3-3+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bookworm	0.27.6-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	0.28.3+dfsg-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
exiv2	source	buster	0.25-4+deb10u4	DLA-3265-1
exiv2	source	bullseye	0.27.3-3+deb11u2
exiv2	source	(unstable)	0.27.5-1		992706

Notes

[stretch] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766