CVE-2021-22204

medium KEV
Published 2021-11-17 · Modified 2021-11-17
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
7.0

Description

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in Exiftool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image

CISA KEV

Vendor
Perl
Product
Exiftool
Due date
2021-12-01

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22204

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed12.25-1
debian debianbookwormfixed12.16+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed12.16+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed12.16+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed12.16+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed12.16+dfsg-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.