CVE-2026-7580

NameCVE-2026-7580
DescriptionA vulnerability was detected in Exiftool up to 13.53. Impacted is the function Process_mrld of the file lib/Image/ExifTool/GM.pm of the component JPEG/QuickTime/MOV/MP4. The manipulation of the argument -ee results in code injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 13.54 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is identified as 5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The fix in the source code mentions: "[J]ust to be safe, probably never happen".
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1135381

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libimage-exiftool-perl (PTS)bullseye12.16+dfsg-2fixed
bookworm12.57+dfsg-1fixed
trixie13.25+dfsg-1vulnerable
forky, sid13.55+dfsg-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libimage-exiftool-perlsourcebullseye(not affected)
libimage-exiftool-perlsourcebookworm(not affected)
libimage-exiftool-perlsource(unstable)13.55+dfsg-11135381

Notes

[trixie] - libimage-exiftool-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - libimage-exiftool-perl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - libimage-exiftool-perl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/commit/5a8b6b6ead12b39e3f32f978a4efd0233facbb01 (13.54)
Changes in lib/Image/ExifTool/GM.pm .

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