CVE-2021-3482
6.5 MEDIUMA flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1
Published: 2021-04-08 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CWE
- CWE-20, CWE-787
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, exiv2 |
| exiv2 | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, exiv2 |
| fedoraproject | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, exiv2 |
| redhat | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, exiv2 |
Description
A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3482
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946314
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946314
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958
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