VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22204

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS probability99.98%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2021-04-23

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Known Exploited Vulnerability

ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Perl / Exiftool

Description

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-94
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-94

Primary references

cve@gitlab.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@gitlab.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com — Patch
cve@gitlab.com — Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com — Release Notes
cve@gitlab.com — Release Notes