Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-44398 - Unspecified vulnerability in Exiv2 0.28.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds write was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.0. The vulnerable function, `BmffImage::brotliUncompress`, is new in v0.28.0, so earlier versions of Exiv2 are _not_ affected. The out-of-bounds write is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
References
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e884a0955359107f4031c74a07406df7e99929a5
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e884a0955359107f4031c74a07406df7e99929a5
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hrw9-ggg3-3r4r
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hrw9-ggg3-3r4r
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06