CVE-2025-55304

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6.

CVSS 4.0

1.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-407

Published

2025-08-29

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• exiv2:exiv2

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3333
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3335
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3345
• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-m54q-mm9w-fp6g

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