CVE-2021-29457

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileDEEURUUS

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Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.15% (82nd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into 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. Note that this bug is only triggered when _writing_ the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than _reading_ the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.4-5.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-devel-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-doc-0:0.27.4-5.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173
Fixedexiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.4-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4173

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

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

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-122USCWE-122USCWE-787US

affected products (66)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Exiv2 exiv2≤ < 0.27.4enisa_euvdEU
Exiv2 authors Exiv2≤ 0.27.4fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exiv2 exiv2< 0.27.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 33nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2021:4173Red Hat Security Advisory: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update2021-11-09csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for exiv2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2022-1968Red Hat Enterprise Linux (exiv2): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-11-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in exiv2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und die Integrität zu gefährden.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-04-19modified 2026-06-17

references (33)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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