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CVE-2025-55304

Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata

Published: Aug 29, 2025Updated: Sep 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-407
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-407

Affected Products

РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Exiv2Exiv2 authors
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
exiv2Exiv2
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
exiv2exiv2
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Exiv2PyPIOSS Libraries
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
exiv2 authorsoss-projectOSS Librariesaka exiv2
exiv2oss-projectOSS Librariesaka exiv2
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333
github.com
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335
github.com
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 29, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 2, 2025

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