5.3

CVE-2026-27631: exiv2 Uncaught Exception

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-27631DEBIAN-CVE-2026-27631
Published 02-03-2026Last modified 02-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-27631 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Uncaught Exception vulnerability in exiv2. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10298-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1SUSE-SU-2026:2584-1SUSE-SU-2026:2663-1USN-8103-1

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an uncaught exception was found in Exiv2. The vulnerability is in the preview component, which is only triggered when running Exiv2 with an extra command line argument, like -pp. Due to an integer overflow, the code attempts to create a huge std::vector, which causes Exiv2 to crash with an uncaught exception. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • exiv2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.28.8+dfsg-1
Exiv21 product
  • exiv2< 0.28.8 | ≤ 0.28.8
Ubuntu1 product
  • exiv2< 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm5 | < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11+esm1 | < 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm1 | < 0.27.5-3ubuntu1.1 | < 0.27.6-1ubuntu0.1 | < 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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