CVE-2024-25112: exiv2 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-25112 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in exiv2. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 12-02-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionThe product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- exiv2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.28.3+dfsg-2
Exiv21 product
- exiv2≥ 0.28.0 < 0.28.2 (No fix recorded) | 0.28.0 | 0.28.1
PyPI1 product
- exiv2≥ 0.16.0, < 0.16.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36X Refsource CONFIRMWEBAdvisoryVendor Advisory
- github.com/Exiv2/exiv2PACKAGE
