MGASA-2021-0415: exiv2 Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 04-09-2021Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2021-0415 is a vulnerability in exiv2 Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

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Timeline

  1. 04-09-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated exiv2 packages fix security vulnerabilities The updated exiv2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: An assertion failure is triggered when Exiv2 is used to modify the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-32815). An infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-34334). A floating point exception (FPE) due to an integer divide by zero was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The FPE is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-34335). A null pointer dereference was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The null pointer dereference is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-37615, CVE-2021-37616). An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit thevulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-37618, CVE-2021-37619, CVE-2021-37620). An infinite loop was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The infinite loop is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file (CVE-2021-37621, CVE-2021-37622, CVE-2021-37623).

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • exiv2< 0.27.3-1.3.mga8

1 vendor · 1 product

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