CVE-2025-55304
Exiv2 has quadratic performance in ICC profile parsing in JpegBase::readMetadata
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 1.8 Low
- Published
- Aug 29, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 12, 2025
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
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 1.8 Low | 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 | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
exiv2Exiv2 |
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References
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