PYSEC-2026-1355

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 16:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:24
VLAI
Details

Impact

A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file.

Patches

The bug is fixed in version v0.28.6.

References

Issue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333 Fixes: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (main branch), https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (0.28.x branch)

For more information

Please see our security policy for information about Exiv2 security.

Severity
1.8 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Impacted products
Name purl
exiv2 pkg:pypi/exiv2
Aliases
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "exiv2",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/exiv2"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "0.17.3"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "0.16.2",
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        "0.16.3",
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        "0.17.3",
        "0.2",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-55304",
    "GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g"
  ],
  "details": "### Impact\nA denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in `jpegBase::readMetadata()` can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file.\n\n### Patches\nThe bug is fixed in version v0.28.6.\n\n### References\nIssue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333\nFixes: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (main branch), https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (0.28.x branch)\n\n### For more information\nPlease see our [security policy](https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policy) for information about Exiv2 security.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1355",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:24:07.062410Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T16:03:02.626933Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55304"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/exiv2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata"
}


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