CVE-2021-34334

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. 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. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

Date published : 2021-08-09

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p

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