CVE-2024-25112
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.01%Exiv2 has a denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder
Published: 10/17/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/exiv2from 0
- PyPI/exiv2>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.1
- PyPI/exiv2>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25112
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25112
- PATCHhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2
- WEBhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/2337
- WEBhttps://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-crmj-qh74-2r36
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/exiv2/PYSEC-2024-107.yaml