PT-2021-7715 · Exiv2+9 · Exiv2+9

Henices + 1 · CVE-2021-29458 · Published 2021-04-08 · Updated 2025-01-10

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the Exiv2 library, which can be triggered when writing metadata into a crafted image file. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2 if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is less frequently triggered since it occurs during metadata writing, a less common operation than reading metadata.

Recommendations For Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier, update to version v0.27.4 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the metadata writing functionality in Exiv2 until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2021:4173

ALT-PU-2021-2006

ALT-PU-2024-13399

AZL-7207

BDU:2023-01697

CESA-2021_4173

CVE-2021-29458

DLA-3265-1

GHSA-57JJ-75FM-9RQ5

MGASA-2021-0240

OESA-2021-1183

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12591-1

RHSA-2021:4173

RHSA-2021_4173

RLSA-2021:4173

USN-4941-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Exiv2

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

References · 80

• 🔥 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1530 · Exploit
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1536 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29458 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-29458 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12591-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3482 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0316SE47MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29458 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29458 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29463 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2021:4173 · Vendor Advisory
• http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29464 · Security Note