What is CVE-2022-24613?

CVE-2022-24613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metadata-Extractor Project, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-24.

How severe is CVE-2022-24613?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-24613 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Metadata-Extractor Project

CVE-2022-24613

metadata-extractor up to 2.16.0 can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a specially crafted JPEG file, which could result in an application crash. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use metadata-extractor library.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Metadata-extractor_project Metadata-extractor
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24613?: CVE-2022-24613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metadata-Extractor Project, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-24613?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24613 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.