CVE-2021-22204

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 1.000 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 19 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

100.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2021-11-17remediate by 2021-12-01

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.7

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimaryCWE-74US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (19)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/gitlab_exif_rceGitLab Unauthenticated Remote ExifTool Command Injectionweaponized · metasploit
exploit/unix/fileformat/exiftool_djvu_ant_perl_injectionExifTool DjVu ANT Perl injectionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-50911ExifTool 12.23 - Arbitrary Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
0xBruno/CVE-2021-22204A complete PoC for CVE-2021-22204 exiftool RCE PoC · poc_in_github
Akash7350/CVE-2021-22204Akash7350/CVE-2021-22204PoC · poc_in_github
Asaad27/CVE-2021-22204-RSEreverse shell execution exploit of CVE 22204PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ExifTool ExifTool7.44, → 12.24enisa_euvdEU
Phil Harvey ExifTool7.44 → 12.24fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.1fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exiftool project exiftool7.44 → 12.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:exiftool_project:exiftool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 32nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 33nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-04-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (55)

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