VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3482

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-04-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Description

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-20
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references