| Name | CVE-2021-29458 |
| 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 v0.27.3 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as insert. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. |
| 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, ELA-766-1, ELA-767-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 987277 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u3 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster | 0.25-4+deb10u2 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security) | 0.25-4+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exiv2 | source | jessie | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | ELA-767-1 | ||
| exiv2 | source | stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | ELA-766-1 | ||
| 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 | 987277 |
[stretch] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-57jj-75fm-9rq5
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1530
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1536
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/0a91b56616404f7b29ca28deb01ce18b767d1871
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/c92ac88cb0ebe72a5a17654fe6cecf411ab1e572
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/9b7a19f957af53304655ed1efe32253a1b11a8d0
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/fadb68718eb1bff3bd3222bd26ff3328f5306730
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/06d2db6e5fd2fcca9c060e95fc97f8a5b5d4c22d