CVE-2025-54080
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions 0.28.5 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, 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. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.ppc64le as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.ppc64le as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-lang-0:0.28.8-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-lang-0:0.28.8-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedexiv2-lang-0:0.28.8-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-lang-0:0.28.8-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedexiv2-lang-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
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- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-28-x86-64-v3-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedlibexiv2-devel-0:0.28.8-160000.1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 0.2–5.5
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affected products (10)
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advisories (5)
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- SUSE-SU-2026:20923-1Security update for exiv22026-03-23csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for exiv2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10298-1exiv2-0.28.8-1.1 on GA media2026-03-07csaf · suse_csafDE
exiv2-0.28.8-1.1 on GA media
- openSUSE-SU-2026:20410-1Security update for exiv22026-03-23csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for exiv2
- GHSA-496f-x7cq-cq39Exiv2 Segmentation Faults in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() via crafted EPS file2025-08-29ghsa · osvUS
### Impact An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.5 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, 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 delete. ### Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.28.6. ### Credit Thank you to @dragonArthurX for reporting this issue. ### Details (from original report by @dragonArthurX ) **Version:** Tested on v0.28.5 (latest official release) Commit: 907169fa643c2c74c14fd4106e55eaeee3634d9f **Platform:** Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (x86_64) **Build Steps:** ```bash git clone https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2.git cd exiv2 git checkout v0.28.5 mkdir build-v0.28.5 && cd build-v0.28.5 cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/fuzzer/afl-clang-fast -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/fuzzer/afl-clang-fast++ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g -fsanitize=address" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -fsanitize=address" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ../ ``` **Command line to reproduce:** ```bash /home/exiv2/build/bin/exiv2 -d a -f /home/poc ``` **Crash Output:** ``` AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ================================================================ = ==376531==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x7fd92236b0e7 (pc 0x7fd82314dcd2 bp 0x7ffd540ceba0 sp 0x7ffd540ce358 T0) ==376531==The signal is caused by a READ memory access. #0 0x7fd82314dcd2 /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/string/../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:383 #1 0x4ed131 in __asan_memcpy (/home/exiv2/build-v0.28.5/bin/exiv2+0x4ed131) #2 0x6184b1 in Exiv2::MemIo::write(unsigned char const*, unsigned long) /home/exiv2/src/basicio.cpp:704:5 #3 0xad336d in (anonymous namespace)::writeTemp(Exiv2::BasicIo&, unsigned char const*, unsigned long) /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:90:14 #4 0xac3a07 in (anonymous namespace)::readWriteEpsMetadata(Exiv2::BasicIo&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::vector<Exiv2::NativePreview, std::allocator<Exiv2::NativePreview> >&, bool) /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:1009:7 #5 0xad1175 in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:1103:3 #6 0x5d2383 in Action::Erase::run(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) /home/exiv2/app/actions.cpp:713:14 #7 0x522d02 in main /home/exiv2/app/exiv2.cpp:177:25 #8 0x7fd8230b6082 in __libc_start_main /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:308:16 #9 0x4714dd in _start (/home/exiv2/build-v0.28.5/bin/exiv2+0x4714dd) AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/string/../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:383 ==376531==ABORTING ```
- PYSEC-2026-1354Exiv2 Segmentation Faults in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() via crafted EPS file2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
### Impact An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.28.5 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, 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 delete. ### Patches The bug is fixed in version v0.28.6. ### Credit Thank you to @dragonArthurX for reporting this issue. ### Details (from original report by @dragonArthurX ) **Version:** Tested on v0.28.5 (latest official release) Commit: 907169fa643c2c74c14fd4106e55eaeee3634d9f **Platform:** Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (x86_64) **Build Steps:** ```bash git clone https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2.git cd exiv2 git checkout v0.28.5 mkdir build-v0.28.5 && cd build-v0.28.5 cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/fuzzer/afl-clang-fast -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/fuzzer/afl-clang-fast++ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g -fsanitize=address" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -fsanitize=address" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ../ ``` **Command line to reproduce:** ```bash /home/exiv2/build/bin/exiv2 -d a -f /home/poc ``` **Crash Output:** ``` AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ================================================================ = ==376531==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x7fd92236b0e7 (pc 0x7fd82314dcd2 bp 0x7ffd540ceba0 sp 0x7ffd540ce358 T0) ==376531==The signal is caused by a READ memory access. #0 0x7fd82314dcd2 /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/string/../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:383 #1 0x4ed131 in __asan_memcpy (/home/exiv2/build-v0.28.5/bin/exiv2+0x4ed131) #2 0x6184b1 in Exiv2::MemIo::write(unsigned char const*, unsigned long) /home/exiv2/src/basicio.cpp:704:5 #3 0xad336d in (anonymous namespace)::writeTemp(Exiv2::BasicIo&, unsigned char const*, unsigned long) /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:90:14 #4 0xac3a07 in (anonymous namespace)::readWriteEpsMetadata(Exiv2::BasicIo&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::vector<Exiv2::NativePreview, std::allocator<Exiv2::NativePreview> >&, bool) /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:1009:7 #5 0xad1175 in Exiv2::EpsImage::writeMetadata() /home/exiv2/src/epsimage.cpp:1103:3 #6 0x5d2383 in Action::Erase::run(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) /home/exiv2/app/actions.cpp:713:14 #7 0x522d02 in main /home/exiv2/app/exiv2.cpp:177:25 #8 0x7fd8230b6082 in __libc_start_main /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:308:16 #9 0x4714dd in _start (/home/exiv2/build-v0.28.5/bin/exiv2+0x4714dd) AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV /build/glibc-B3wQXB/glibc-2.31/string/../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:383 ==376531==ABORTING ```
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references (9)
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- https://exiv2.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e737332427711f15bcdc4e903203d6b7493eaec0cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-496f-x7cq-cq39cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54080cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exiv2-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-Metadata-Into-48100cnnvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e737332427711f15bcdc4e903203d6b7493eaec0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-496f-x7cq-cq39enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/e737332427711f15bcdc4e903203d6b7493eaec0Patchnvd
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