CVE-2025-55304 – exiv2

Package

Manager: pip
Name: exiv2
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=0.17.3

Severity

Level: Low

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00014 pctl0.017

Details

Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata ### Impact A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in `jpegBase::readMetadata()` can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. ### Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.28.6. ### References Issue: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333 Fixes: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (main branch), https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (0.28.x branch) ### For more information Please see our [security policy](https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policy) for information about Exiv2 security.

Metadata

Created: 2025-08-29T14:59:37Z
Modified: 2025-08-29T21:04:02Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-407"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g
Finding: F067
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