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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-37616

CVE-2021-37616

Description

Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A null pointer dereference was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.4 and earlier. The null pointer dereference is triggered when Exiv2 is used to print the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when printing the interpreted (translated) data, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation that requires an extra command line option (-p t or -P t). The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.

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Affected products

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  • Exiv2/Exiv23 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.27.4
    • (no CPE)range: <=v0.27.4
    • (no CPE)range: <= 0.27.4
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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