CVE-2021-32815

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.10% (66th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The assertion failure is triggered when Exiv2 is used to modify the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when modifying 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 `fi`. ### Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5. ### References Regression test and bug fix: #1739 ### For more information Please see our [security policy](https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/policy) for information about Exiv2 security.

cvss

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

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-617USprimaryCWE-617US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Exiv2 exiv2≤ < 0.27.5enisa_euvdEU
Exiv2 authors Exiv2≤ 0.27.4fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 33fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 34fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Common Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

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 2021-08-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (24)

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