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CVE-2025-55304
Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata
Low1.8EPSS 0.25%
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- GitHub_M
Description
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low1.8 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low1.8 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 83% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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