| Name | CVE-2024-25112 |
| Description | Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.25-4+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 0.25-4+deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exiv2 | source | experimental | 0.28.2+dfsg-1 | | | |
| exiv2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - exiv2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36
Fixed by: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/355afea485550e8214ac6b449fb210a7efb71365 (v0.28.2)
GHSA mentions new in v0.28.0, but that only applies to the "main" branch, where
it was removed and later reintroduced. The 0.27-maintenance branch _does_ include
the Quicktime decoder
[stretch] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - exiv2 <ignored> (Minor issue)