What is CVE-2024-25112?

CVE-2024-25112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-25112?

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

Resource exhaustion in Exiv2

CVE-2024-25112

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th 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

Exiv2 — versions 0.28.1, 0.28.0, >= 0.28.0 < 0.28.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25112?: CVE-2024-25112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-25112?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.