vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-d49f86ab-d9c7-11eb-a200-00155d01f201 (CVE-2021-29457): Exiv2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 30, 2021 | Nov 4, 2022 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 30, 2021
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Exiv2 teams reports: Multiple vulnerabilities covering buffer overflows, out-of-bounds, read of uninitialized memory and denial of serivce. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of 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. 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. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-exiv2
NEW
Explore Exposure Command
Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.