| Name | CVE-2025-55304 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1112506 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 0.28.5+dfsg-1 | vulnerable | |
| forky, sid | 0.28.7+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exiv2 | source | experimental | 0.28.7+dfsg-1 | |||
| exiv2 | source | (unstable) | 0.28.7+dfsg-2 | 1112506 |
[trixie] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - exiv2 <postponed> (minor issue)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (main)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (0.28.x branch)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e5bf22e0cebeabeb2ffd40678344467a271be12d (v0.28.6)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/b7f153f0c0c2d61f97de9de474b57b1176214225 (v0.28.6)